Sub-family
Cichlinae
Tribe
Heroini
Genus
Rocio
Status
valid
Curator
Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Published
11-Dec-2007
Last updated on :
01-Dec-2009
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Rocio octofasciata Regan, 1903
Original description as Heros octofasciatus:
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1903. "Descriptions de poissons nouveaux faisant partie de la collection du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 11 (2); pp. 413-418 (crc00158).
Synonyms:
- Cichlasoma hedricki Meek, 1904, With type locality at Rio Obispo, Veracruz, México. Determiner: Conkel, 1993.
- Cichlasoma biocellatum Regan, 1909, With type locality at Rio Negro at Manaos, Brazil. Determiner: Conkel, 1993.
Conservation: Rocio octofasciata is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened speciesStable in its natural range and not listed mexican NOM as of special concern.
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