Minckley's cichlid

The Minckley's cichlid (Herichthys minckleyi) is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to Cuatro Ciénegas in Coahuila, Mexico.[2] The specific name honours the ichthyologist Wendell L. Minckley (1935-2001) of Arizona State University who studied the ecology of Cuatro Ciénegas.[3]

Minckley's cichlid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Herichthys
Species:
H. minckleyi
Binomial name
Herichthys minckleyi
(Kornfield & Taylor, 1983)
Synonyms

Cichlasoma minckleyi Kornfield & Taylor, 1983

References

  1. Hendrickson, D., Mejía Guerrero, O. & Pérez‐Miranda, F. 2019. Herichthys minckleyi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T4836A3012480. Downloaded on 24 July 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Herichthys minckleyi" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. 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 10 November 2018.


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