Herichthys carpintis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Herichthys |
| Species: | H. carpintis
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| Herichthys carpintis (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899)
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Herichthys carpintis, the lowland cichlid, pearlscale cichlid, is a species of cichlid.
Taxonomy
It is related to the Texas cichlid, with which it forms viable hybrid offspring. These hybrids are an invasive species in Louisiana.[2]
Distribution and habitat.
It is
type locality is the Laguna del Carpinte, near Tampico in Tamaulipas, which is alluded to in the specific name.[3]
Description
It reaches a maximum size of 17 centimetres (6.7 in) SL.[4] It is popular in the aquarium trade.
References
- ^ Soto Galera, E. 2019. Herichthys carpintis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T192894A2179715. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T192894A2179715.en. Accessed on 01 May 2023.
- ^ Lorenz, O. Thomas (2008). Effects of interspecific competition, salinity, and hurricanes on the success of an invasive fish, the Rio Grande Cychlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) (Ph.D. thesis). University of New Orleans. Retrieved 5 December 2021 – via ScholarWorks @ UNO.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Herichthys carpintis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.