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Nosferatu is no longer considered a valid taxon. All of the species within have been moved back to
Herichthys. (April 2024) |
| Nosferatu steindachneri | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Nosferatu |
| Species: | N. steindachneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Nosferatu steindachneri (
D.S. Jordan &
Snyder, 1899)
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| Synonyms | |
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Cichlasoma steindachneri Jordan & Snyder, 1899 | |
Nosferatu steindachneri, Steindachner's cichlid, is a species of cichlid endemic to Mexico where it is found in the Tamasopo, Gallinas and Ojo Frio Rivers of the Panuco River basin. [2] [3] It reaches a maximum size of 40.0 centimetres (15.7 in) SL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade. [4] The specific name honours the Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner (1834-1919). [5]
References
- ^ Soto Galera, E. 2019. Herichthys steindachneri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T169397A1276617. Downloaded on 24 July 2019.
- ^ De La Maza-Benignos, M. & Lozano-Vilano, M.d.L. (2013). "Description of three new species of the genus Herichthys (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from eastern Mexico, with redescription of H. labridens, H. steindachneri, and H. pantostictus". Zootaxa. 3734 (2): 101–129. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.2.1. PMID 25277902.
- ^ De la Maza-Benignos, M.; Ornelas-García, C. P.; Lozano-Vilano, M.d.L.; García-Ramírez, M.E. & Doadrio, I. (2015). "Phylogeographic analysis of genus Herichthys (Perciformes: Cichlidae), with descriptions of Nosferatu new genus and H. tepehua n. sp". Hydrobiologia. 748 (1): 201–231. doi: 10.1007/s10750-014-1891-8. hdl: 10261/126238. S2CID 16769534.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Herichthys steindachneri" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (d-w)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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- Natural history of San Luis Potosí
- Natural history of Tamaulipas
- Natural history of Veracruz
- Endangered fish
- Cichlid fish of Central America
- Fish described in 1899
- Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
- Taxa named by John Otterbein Snyder
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