Herichthys carpintis

Herichthys carpintis, the lowland cichlid, pearlscale cichlid, is a species of cichlid.

Herichthys carpintis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Herichthys
Species:
H. carpintis
Binomial name
Herichthys carpintis
Synonyms
  • Neetroplus carpintis D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899
  • Cichlasoma carpintis (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899)
  • Heros teporatus Fowler, 1903
  • Cichlosoma laurae Regan, 1908
  • Cichlasoma laurae Regan, 1908

It is endemic to eastern Mexico where it occurs in the Pánuco River drainage, and the Soto La Marina River in northwestern Mexico, its type locality is the Laguna del Carpinte, near Tampico in Tamaulipas, which is alluded to in the specific name.[1]

It reaches a maximum size of 17 centimetres (6.7 in) SL.[2]

References
  1. 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 10 November 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Herichthys carpintis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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