Mesoheros

Mesoheros
Mesoheros festae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Heroini
Genus:	Mesoheros McMahan & Chakrabarty, 2015 [1]
Type species
Heros festae Boulenger 1899

Mesoheros is a genus of cichlids. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; Atrato River flowing into the Atlantic, San Juan, Baudó and Patia Rivers to Esmeraldas and Tumbes Rivers flowing into the Pacific.[1]

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:[1]

• Mesoheros atromaculatus (Regan, 1905)
• Mesoheros festae (Boulenger, 1899) (Red Terror)
• Mesoheros gephyrum
• Mesoheros ornatus (Regan, 1905)

References

1. 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.3. PMID 26623572.