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Rocio ocotal Schmitter-Soto, 2007

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Common names: Mojarra del Ocotal
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Comments: Probably endemic to Laguna Ocotal, acantún-Usumacinta drainage, Chiapas (a rather isolated, highland water body) (Ref. 74403). Type locality, Laguna Ocotal, 'Lacandona region,' Chiapas, UMMZ 245583 (holotype of Rocio ocotal, 7.0 cm SL) (Ref. 74403). Status of threat: threatened. Criteria: 5 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).
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Main Ref: Schmitter-Soto, J.J., 2007
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Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Cichlasomatinae
Etymology: Rocio: Named for the author's wife. In Spanish, the name means morning dew, in allusion to the resplendent spots on cheek and sides of some species, R. gemmata.;  ocotal: Named for the lake where the species lives (the Spanish word 'ocota' meaning 'an ocote forest', 'ocote' being a species of Pinus); noun in apposition..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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