Barton's cichlid
Barton's cichlid (Nosferatu bartoni) is a species of cichlid freshwater fish endemic to the Laguna Media Luna and headwaters of the Río Verde between 1,000–1,100 m (3,300–3,600 ft) above sea level in the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Its range is a part of the upper Panuco River basin.[2] This species can reach a standard length of 18 cm (7.1 in). It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[3] It shares its distribution with the related Nosferatu labridens.[2] Barton's cichlid is endangered due to habitat loss, pollution and introduced species.[1]
| Barton's cichlid | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Nosferatu |
| Species: | N. bartoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Nosferatu bartoni (T. H. Bean, 1892) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Acara bartoni T.H. Bean, 1892 | |
The common and specific names of the Barton's cichlid honours the author, Tarleton Hoffman Bean's brother, Barton Appler Bean (1860–1947), who was assistant curator of Ichthyology at the United States National Museum.[4]
References
- Soto Galera, E., Mejía Guerrero, O. & Pérez‐Miranda, F. 2019. Herichthys bartoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T192893A2179696. Downloaded on 24 July 2019.
- De la Maza-Benignos, M.; Ornelas-García, C. P.; Lozano-Vilano, M.d.L.; García-Ramírez, M.E. & Doadrio, I. (2015). "Phylogeographic analysis of genus Herichthys (Perciformes: Cichlidae), with descriptions of Nosferatu new genus and H. tepehua n. sp". Hydrobiologia. 748 (1): 201–231. doi:10.1007/s10750-014-1891-8. hdl:10261/126238. S2CID 16769534.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Herichthys bartoni" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (d-w)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 November 2018.