Minckley's cichlid
The Minckley's cichlid (Herichthys minckleyi) is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to Cuatro Ciénegas in Coahuila, Mexico.[2] The specific name honours the ichthyologist Wendell L. Minckley (1935-2001) of Arizona State University who studied the ecology of Cuatro Ciénegas.[3]
| Minckley's cichlid | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Herichthys |
| Species: | H. minckleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Herichthys minckleyi (Kornfield & Taylor, 1983) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cichlasoma minckleyi Kornfield & Taylor, 1983 | |
References
- Hendrickson, D., Mejía Guerrero, O. & Pérez‐Miranda, F. 2019. Herichthys minckleyi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T4836A3012480. Downloaded on 24 July 2019.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Herichthys minckleyi" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- 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.
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