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Mayaheros urophthalmus (Günther, 1862)

Mexican mojarra
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Recorded from Santa Monica, Iba, San Sebastian and Pugad. Has probably been ithroduced via the ornamental trade, farmed in fishponds and escaped during flooding events (Ref. 108831). Believed to have caused the decline in catch of other important food-fish due to competition for food and space, although not much evidence is available regarding their negative impact (Ref. 108831).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ordoñez, J.F.F., A.M.J.M. Asis, B.J. Catacutan, J. dela Pena and M.D. Santos, 2015
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Common names from other countries

Mojarra del México, Mayan cichlid, Mayan cichlid, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Cichlinae
Etymology: Mayaheros: Named for the native Mesoamerican Maya people whose ancestral distribution includes most of the native area of the M. urophthalmus group, very likely the ancestral area of the whole genus. The name is combined with the old cichlid genus name Heros (meaning hero), to be understood as the hero of the Maya people (Ref. 114771).
  More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; depth range 2 - ? m (Ref. 7335).   Tropical; 20°C - 39°C (Ref. 35127); 27°N - 11°N, 98°W - 80°W (Ref. 55201)

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