Mayaheros

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes

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: Mayaheros
Species: M. aguadae – M. alborus – M. amarus – M. beani – M. cienagae – M. conchitae – M. ericymba – M. mayorum – M. stenozonus – M. trispilus – M. troschelii – M. urophthalmus – M. zebra

Name

Mayaheros Říčan & Piálek, 2016

• Type species: Heros urophthalmus Günther, 1862

Etymology: Named after the native Mesoamerican Maya people whose ancestral distribution includes most of the native area of the M. urophthalmus group and which was very likely the ancestral area of the whole genus. The name is combined with the old cichlid genus name Heros (meaning hero). Gender: masculine. The name is to be understood as the hero of the Maya people.

References

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1862. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii, Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London. 4: i–xxi + 1–534. BHL 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.