Maskaheros

Maskaheros
Maskaheros argenteus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Heroini
Genus:	Maskaheros McMahan & K. R. Piller, 2015 [1]
Type species
Viela argentea Allgayer, 1991

Maskaheros is a genus of cichlids fish found on Atlantic slope of southern Mexico and Guatemala in the Coatzacoalcos and Usumacinta River drainages. They are relatively large, high-bodied cichlids and were formerly included in the genus Paraneetroplus or Vieja . ^{[1] [2]}

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus: ^{[1] [3]}

• Maskaheros argenteus (Allgayer, 1991) (White cichlid)
• Maskaheros regani (R. R. Miller, 1974) (Almoloya cichlid)

References

1. McMahan, C.D.; Matamoros, W.A.; Piller, K.R.; Chakrabarty, P. (2015). "Taxonomy and systematics of the herichthyins (Cichlidae: Tribe Heroini), with the description of eight new Middle American Genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3999 (2): 211–234. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.3. PMID   26623572. S2CID   34699955.
2. Říčan, O.; Piálek, L.; Dragová, K. & Novák, J. (2016). "Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification". Vertebrate Zoology. 66 (1): 1–102. doi: 10.3897/vz.66.e31534 .
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Maskaheros". FishBase . December 2021 version.