Barton's cichlid

Barton's cichlid (Nosferatu bartoni), is a species of cichlid endemic to Mexico where it occurs in the basin of the Panuco River where it can be found in lagoons and rivers. This species can reach a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) SL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2][3] The specific name 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]

Barton's cichlid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Nosferatu
Species:
N. bartoni
Binomial name
Nosferatu bartoni
(T. H. Bean, 1892)
Synonyms

Acara bartoni T.H. Bean, 1892
Cichlasoma bartoni (T.H. Bean, 1892)
Herichthys bartoni (T.H. Bean, 1892)

References
  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Herichthys bartoni" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.


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