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

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Mayaheros Říčan & Piálek, 2016

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.

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