Rheoheros coeruleus

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

Name

Rheoheros coeruleus (Stawikowski & Werner, 1987)

Type locality: Tributary of Río Mizol Há at Francesco Madero, about 30 kilometers south of Palenque, Mexico.

Etymology: .

Theraps coeruleus Stawikowski & Werner, 1987
- Cichlasoma coeruleus (Stawikowski & Werner, 1987) -- Conkel, 1993

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. Zootaxa 3999(2): 211–234. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.3. Preview (PDF) Full text (PDF) Reference page.
Stawikowski, R. & Werner, U. 1987. Neue Erkenntnisse über die Buntbarsche um Theraps lentiginosus mit der Beschreibung von Theraps coeruleus spec. nov. Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift (DATZ) 40(11): 499–504. Reference page.

Rheoheros coeruleus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Rheoheros coeruleus in FishBase,
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