Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Cichlomorphae
Ordo: Cichliformes
Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Cichlasomatinae
Genus: Herichthys
Species (7): H. carpintis – H. cyanoguttatus – H. deppii – H. minckleyi – H. pearsei – H. tamasopoensis – H. tepehua
Source(s) of checklist:
Checklist based uncritically on De la Maza-Benignos et al. (2014)
Name
Herichthys Baird & Girard, 1854: 25
Gender: [Masculine]
Original status: Valid genus
Type species: Herichthys cyanoguttatus Baird & Girard, 1854
Fixation: Monotypy
ZooBank: [No record]
References
Baird, S.F. & Girard, C.F. 1854. Descriptions of new species of fishes collected in Texas, New Mexico and Sonora, by Mr. John H. Clark, on the U.S. and Mexican Boundary Survey, and in Texas by Capt. Stewart van Vliet, U.S.A. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7: 24–29. BHL Reference page.
De la Maza-Benignos, M., Ornelas-García, C.P., de Lourdes Lozano-Vilano, M., García-Ramírez, M.E., & Doadrio, I. 2014. 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 Reference page.
Říčan, O., Piálek, L., Dragová, K. & Novák, J. 2016. Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification. Vertebrate Zoology 66(1): 1–102. PDF. Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Texas cichlid
ไทย: ปลาหมอเท็กซัส
Herichthys is a genus of cichlid fishes native to North and Central America. Most are endemic to Mexico, but H. cyanoguttatus is also found in southern Texas (United States), and has been introduced to central Texas and Florida.
In 2015, the genus was split in two, and seven species (H. bartoni, H. labridens, H. molango, H. pame, H. pantostictus, H. pratinus, and H. steindachneri) were moved into a new genus, Nosferatu.[2] The validity of the move and newly-erected genus was widely disputed by other ichthyologists in the field;[3][4][5] consequently, the split was undone, and Nosferatu is no longer recognized as a valid genus by FishBase and Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes.[1][6]
Species
As of 2024, 14 species are recognized as valid by FishBase:[6]
Herichthys bartoni (T. H. Bean, 1892) (Barton's cichlid)
Herichthys carpintis (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899) (Pearlscale cichlid, lowland cichlid)
Herichthys cyanoguttatus S. F. Baird & Girard, 1854 (Texas cichlid, Rio Grande cichlid)
Herichthys deppii (Heckel, 1840) (Nautla cichlid)
Herichthys labridens (Pellegrin, 1903) (Curve-bar cichlid)
Herichthys minckleyi (Kornfield & J. N. Taylor, 1983) (Minkley's cichlid)
Herichthys pame De la Maza-Benignos & Lozano-Vilano, 2013
Herichthys pantostictus (J. N. Taylor & R. R. Miller, 1983) (Chairel cichlid)
Herichthys steindachneri (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899) (Steindachner's cichlid)
Herichthys tamasopoensis Artigas Azas, 1993 (Tamasopo cichlid)
Herichthys tepehua De la Maza-Benignos et. al, 2015
Species of disputed validity
Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes only recognizes 11 species in Herichthys as valid, and considers the following species to be synonymous with other Herichthys species:[1]
Herichthys molango (De la Maza-Benignos & Lozano-Vilano, 2013) — Synonym of Herichthys pantostictus
Herichthys pratinus (De la Maza-Benignos & Lozano-Vilano, 2013) — Synonym of Herichthys pantostictus
Herichthys teporatus (Fowler, 1903) — Synonym of Herichthys carpintis
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Herichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
De la Maza-Benignos, Mauricio; Ornelas-García, Claudia Patricia; Lozano-Vilano, María de Lourdes; García-Ramírez, María Elena & Doadrio, Ignacio (April 2015) [6 May 2014]. "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.
Mejía, Omar; Pérez-Miranda, Fabián; León-Romero, Yatzil; Soto-Galera, Eduardo & de Luna, Efraín (March 2015). "Morphometric variation of the Herichthys bartoni (Bean, 1892) species group (Teleostei: Cichlidae): How many species comprise H. labridens (Pellegrin, 1903)?". Neotropical Ichthyology. 13 (1): 61–76. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20140067. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
Říčan, Oldřich; Piálek, Lubomír; Dragová, Klára & Novák, Jindřich (2016). "Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 66 (1): 1–102. doi:10.3897/vz.66.e31534. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
Pérez-Miranda, Fabián; Mejía, Omar; López, Benjamin; Soto-Galera, Eduardo; Bernal-Portillo, Amairany; Matamoros, Wilfredo A. (7 December 2023). "Comparative phylogeography of two codistributed species of the genus Herichthys (Actinopterygii: Cichliformes: Cichlidae) in northeastern Mexico". Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. 53: 227–242. doi:10.3897/aiep.53.112183. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Herichthys". FishBase. June 2024 version.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
