Cryptoheros

Cryptoheros
Cryptoheros sajica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Subfamily:	Cichlasomatinae
Genus:	Cryptoheros Allgayer, 2001
Type species
Heros spilurus Günther, 1862

Cryptoheros is a small genus of cichlid fishes from Central America and southeast Mexico. The genus currently contains 9 species. It includes species formerly included within the genus Archocentrus.^[1] The convict cichlid has sometimes been placed within the genus Cryptoheros as well, but is now considered a member of the genus Amatitlania.^[2]

Species

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:^[3]

• Cryptoheros altoflavus Allgayer, 2001, Panama
• Cryptoheros chetumalensis Schmitter-Soto, 2007, Belize to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico
• Cryptoheros cutteri (Fowler, 1932), Atlantic side of Honduras to Guatemala
• Cryptoheros myrnae (Loiselle, 1997) (Topaz cichlid), Atlantic side of Panama to Costa Rica
• Cryptoheros nanoluteus (Allgayer, 1994), Panama
• Cryptoheros panamensis (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913), Atlantic side of Panama
• Cryptoheros sajica (W. A. Bussing, 1974) (T-bar cichlid), Atlantic side of Costa Rica
• Cryptoheros septemfasciatus (Regan, 1908), Costa Rica
• Cryptoheros spilurus (Günther, 1862) (Blue-eye cichlid), Lake Izabal drainage in Guatemala

References

1. Schmitter-Soto, J. (2007). Zootaxa: A systematic revision of the genus Archocentrus (Perciformes:Cichlidae), with a description of two new Genera and six new species (PDF). Magnolia Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-86977-160-7.
2. "Convict and Jack Dempsey placed in new genera". Archived from the original on 2007-12-28. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
3. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Cryptoheros in FishBase. February 2013 version.