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Heros Heckel, 1840

AphiaID

269382 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:269382)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cichlinae Bonaparte, 1835

Direct children (9)

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Species Heros severus Heckel, 1840
Species Heros acaroides Hensel, 1870 accepted as Australoheros acaroides (Hensel, 1870)
Species Heros beani Jordan, 1889 accepted as Mayaheros beani (Jordan, 1889)
Species Heros friedrichsthalii Heckel, 1840 accepted as Parachromis friedrichsthalii (Heckel, 1840) (synonym)
Species Heros melanopogon Steindachner, 1864 accepted as Vieja melanurus (Günther, 1862) (synonym)
Species Heros melanurus Günther, 1862 accepted as Vieja melanurus (Günther, 1862) (synonym)
Species Heros motaguensis Günther, 1867 accepted as Parachromis motaguensis (Günther, 1867) (synonym)
Species Heros nigricans Eigenmann, 1903 accepted as Nandopsis tetracanthus (Valenciennes, 1831) (synonym)
Species Heros urophthalmus Günther, 1862 accepted as Mayaheros urophthalmus (Günther, 1862)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Heckel, J. J. (1840). Johann Natterer's neue Flussfische Brasilien's nach den Beobachtungen und Mittheilungen des Entdeckers beschrieben (Erste Abtheilung, Die Labroiden). Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte. 2: 325-471, Pls. 29-30. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Heros Heckel, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=269382 on 2025-04-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-12-02 12:48:54Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Heckel, J. J. (1840). Johann Natterer's neue Flussfische Brasilien's nach den Beobachtungen und Mittheilungen des Entdeckers beschrieben (Erste Abtheilung, Die Labroiden). Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte. 2: 325-471, Pls. 29-30. [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]