Nosferatu steindachneri

Species of fish

Nosferatu steindachneri

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Cichliformes
Family:  | Cichlidae
Genus:  | Nosferatu
Species:  |

N. steindachneri

Binomial name
Nosferatu steindachneri

(D.S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899)

Synonyms

Cichlasoma steindachneri Jordan & Snyder, 1899
Herichthys steindachneri Jordan & Snyder, 1899

Nosferatu steindachneri, Steindachner's cichlid, is a species of cichlid endemic to Mexico where it is found in the Tamasopo, Gallinas and Ojo Frio Rivers of the Panuco River basin.[2][3] It reaches a maximum size of 40.0 centimetres (15.7 in) SL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.[4] The specific name honours the Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner (1834-1919).[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Soto Galera, E. 2019. Herichthys steindachneri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T169397A1276617. Downloaded on 24 July 2019.
2. ^ De La Maza-Benignos, M. & Lozano-Vilano, M.d.L. (2013). "Description of three new species of the genus Herichthys (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from eastern Mexico, with redescription of H. labridens, H. steindachneri, and H. pantostictus". Zootaxa. 3734 (2): 101–129. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3734.2.1. PMID 25277902.
3. ^ De la Maza-Benignos, M.; Ornelas-García, C. P.; Lozano-Vilano, M.d.L.; García-Ramírez, M.E. & Doadrio, I. (2015). "Phylogeographic analysis of genus Herichthys (Perciformes: Cichlidae), with descriptions of Nosferatu new genus and H. tepehua n. sp". Hydrobiologia. 748 (1): 201–231. doi:10.1007/s10750-014-1891-8. hdl:10261/126238. S2CID 16769534.
4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Herichthys steindachneri" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
5. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (d-w)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

Taxon identifiers

Herichthys steindachneri|

* Wikidata: Q1029660
* Wikispecies: Herichthys steindachneri
* ARKive: herichthys-steindachneri
* BOLD: 305813
* CoL: 3KYX3
* GBIF: 2373129
* iNaturalist: 102653
* IRMNG: 11398516
* ITIS: 649490
* IUCN: 169397
* NCBI: 247402

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