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An adult of Rocio octofasciata at Cenote Escondido, Quintana Roo [México]. Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (29-Sep-2006). determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Therapsini

Genus
Rocio

Curator
Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Published:
11-Dec-2007

Last updated on:
01-Dec-2009

Rocio octofasciata (Regan, 1903)

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Original description as Heros octofasciatus:

ZooBank:D76352FE-1F2C-4AFD-9081-678A86D6C797.

Regan, Charles Tate. 1903. "Descriptions de poissons nouveaux faisant partie de la collection du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 11(2):413-418 (ffm00158)

Synonyms (2):

Cichlasoma biocellatum Regan, 1909, with type locality at Rio Negro at Manaos, Brazil. Determiner: Domínguez Domínguez et al., 2010
Rocio gemmata Contreras-Balderas & Schmitter-Soto, 2007, with type locality at Nameless cenote 12 kilometers north of Leona Vicario, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Determiner: Artigas Azas, 2018

Conservation: Rocio octofasciata is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018). Stable in its natural range and not listed mexican NOM as of special concern.