''Talamancaheros'' is a
genus
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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 ...
fish found in fast- and moderately-flowing rivers on the Pacific slope of the
Talamanca mountains
The Cordillera de Talamanca is a mountain range that lies in the southeast half of Costa Rica and the far west of Panama. Much of the range and the area around it is included in La Amistad International Park, which also is shared between the two ...
of
Costa Rica
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and western
Panama
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.
''Talamancaheros'' reaches up to in
standard length
Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies. These data are used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fisheries biology.
Overall length
* Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish m ...
.
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Species and taxonomy
Before the genus ''Talamancaheros'' was recognized, these species had been placed in several other genera, including ''Cichlasoma
''Cichlasoma'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the cichlid family. The genus was previously very large (a wastebasket taxon), including cichlids from North America, including Central America, and South America.
Reclassification and subsequent s ...
'', '' Heros'', ''Theraps
''Theraps'' is a genus of cichlid fish found in moderately to fast-flowing rivers and streams on the Atlantic slope of southern Mexico and northern Central America. They are medium-sized cichlids.
Species and taxonomy
Historically, ''Theraps'' w ...
'', ''Tomocichla
''Tomocichla'' is a genus of cichlid fish native to moderately and fast-flowing rivers along the Atlantic slope of Central America, ranging from the Escondido drainage in Nicaragua to Bocas del Toro in Panama. ''Tomocichla'' was formerly includ ...
'' and others, but they are not particularly closely related to any of these. The nearest relative of ''Talamancaheros'' is ''Isthmoheros tuyrensis
''Isthmoheros tuyrensis'', is a species of cichlid fish found in slow-moving freshwater habitats on the Pacific slope of eastern Panama. Before it was recognized as the only member of the genus ''Isthmoheros'', it was placed in several other gene ...
''.Talamancaheros sieboldii
''Talamancaheros sieboldii'', the Siebold's cichlid, is a species of cichlid fish found in fast- and moderately-flowing rivers on the Pacific slope of western Panama. The population in Costa Rica, which formerly was included in this species, is n ...
'' ( Kner, 1863) (Siebold's cichlid)
* ''Talamancaheros underwoodi
''Talamancaheros'' is a genus of cichlid fish found in fast- and moderately-flowing rivers on the Pacific slope of the Talamanca mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama. ''Talamancaheros'' reaches up to in standard length.
Species and taxo ...
'' (Regan
The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ...
, 1906)
Until 2016, ''T. underwoodi'' was included as a population of ''T. sieboldii''.[
]
References
Heroini
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