Talamancaheros

Talamancaheros is a genus of cichlid fish found in fast- and moderately-flowing rivers on the Pacific slope of the Talamanca mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama.[1] Talamancaheros reaches up to 25 cm (10 in) in standard length.[2]

Talamancaheros
Tomocichla sieboldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Tribe: Heroini
Genus: Talamancaheros
Říčan & Novák, 2016 [1]
Type species
Heros sieboldii
Kner, 1863

Species and taxonomy

Before the genus Talamancaheros was recognized, these species had been placed in several other genera, including Cichlasoma, Heros, Theraps, Tomocichla and others, but they are not particularly closely related to any of these. The nearest relative of Talamancaheros is Isthmoheros tuyrensis.[1][3]

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]

Until 2016, T. underwoodi was included as a population of T. sieboldii.[1]

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References
  1. Říčan, O.; Piálek, L.; Dragová, K. & Novák, J. (2016). "Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 66 (1): 1–102. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2020). Species of Talamancaheros in FishBase. July 2020 version.
  3. McMahan, C.D.; Matamoros, W.A.; Piller, K.R. & Chakrabarty, P. (2015). "Taxonomy and systematics of the herichthyins (Cichlidae: Tribe Heroini), with the description of eight new Middle American Genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3999 (2): 211–234.


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