''Nosferatu steindachneri'', Steindachner's cichlid, is a species of

cichlid Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes. Cichlids were traditionally classed in a suborder, the Labroidei, along with the wrasses ( Labridae), in the order Perciformes, but molecular studies have contradicted this ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

where it is found in the

Tamasopo Tamasopo is a municipality and town in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. The town is located at . The municipality had an area of and a population of 28,848 in 2010, including the population of the town of Tamasopo with 4,326 people. Geog ...

, Gallinas and Ojo Frio Rivers of the

Panuco River Panuco may refer to: ;Places *Pánuco (disambiguation) Pánuco may refer to any of the following: ;Mexico *Pánuco (province), province of New Spain *Pánuco River The Pánuco River ( es, Río Pánuco, ), also known as the ''Río de Canoas'', ...

basin. It reaches a maximum size of SL. This species can also be found in the

aquarium An aquarium (plural: ''aquariums'' or ''aquaria'') is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, aq ...

trade. The

specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...

honours the

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octobe ...

Franz Steindachner Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian Zoology, zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachne ...

(1834-1919).

References

steindachneri Freshwater fish of Mexico Endemic fish of Mexico Pánuco River Natural history of San Luis Potosí Natural history of Tamaulipas Natural history of Veracruz Endangered fish Cichlid fish of Central America Fish described in 1899 Taxa named by David Starr Jordan Taxa named by John Otterbein Snyder {{Cichlidae-stub