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Heros melanopogon Steindachner, 1864


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Considered a synonym of Vieja melanurus (Günther, 1862)

  • Regan, Charles Tate. 1905. "A revision of the fishes of the American cichlid genus Cichlosoma and of the allied genera". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser7)16:60-77; 225-243; 316-340; 433-445 (ffm00042)

Original description as Heros melanopogon:

ZooBank:71384DA9-2B6A-44A6-B2F8-541A4E526876.

  • Steindachner, Franz. 1864. "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Chromiden Mejico's und Central-Amerika's". Denkschriften der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. 23(2):57-74 (ffm00248)