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References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Astatheros macracanthus" in FishBase . July 2019 version.
- ↑ Říčan, O., Piálek, L., Dragová, K., and Novák, J. (2016). Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification. Vertebrate Zoology 66 (1): 1-102.