Heros severus

Heros severus

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Cichlomorphae Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Cichlinae
Genus: Heros
Species: Heros severus

Name

Heros severus Heckel, 1840

Syntypes: ?NMW 17354 (1), ?17638 (1), ?17656 (1).

Type locality: Maribitanos, Río Negro, Venezuela.

Etymology: Heros: Latin for "demigod", "hero"; from the Ancient Greek ἥρως ‎(hḗrōs, "hero", "demigod"). Severus: Latin for "severe", "serious", "grave in demeanor".

Synonyms

Cichlasoma severum (Heckel, 1840) -- Lee et al., 1980

References

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. BHL Reference page.

Staeck, W. & Schindler, I. 2015. Description of a new Heros species (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the Rio Orinoco drainage and notes on Heros severus Heckel, 1840. Bulletin of Fish Biology 15(1/2): 121–136. Reference page.

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