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Mayaheros
Mayaheros is a genus of cichlid found in Middle America. This genus has a disjunct distribution, with the M. urophthalmus group being found in the Usumacinta ichthyological province in the Atlantic drainages of southeastern México (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo), Belize and eastern Guatemala, reaching also into Honduras, while M. beani is the northern-most cichlid in the Pacific drainages of Middle America in México.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Mayan Cichlid
speciesMayaheros urophthalmus
Green Guapote
speciesMayaheros beani
Mayaheros amarus
speciesMayaheros amarus
Mayaheros trispilus
speciesMayaheros trispilus
Mayaheros ericymba
speciesMayaheros ericymba
Mayaheros aguadae
speciesMayaheros aguadae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 623734.