Freshly collected individual
Herichthys carpintis adult male in normal coloration, Altamira lagoon, Pánuco [México]. Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Therapsini

Genus
Herichthys

Group
Cyanoguttatus


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21-Sep-2013

Herichthys carpintis (Jordan & Snyder, 1899)


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Original description as Neetroplus carpintis:

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  • Jordan, David Starr & J.O. Snyder. 1899. "Notes on a collection of fishes from the rivers of Mexico, with description of twenty new species". Bulletin of the U.S. Fish Commission. 19:115-147 (ffm00041)

Conservation: Herichthys carpintis is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018). Not listed in the Mexican Official Norm NOM-059-ECOL-2001. Habitat ranges from severely polluted in many areas to pristine in some others.