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Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Heroini

Genus
Theraps

Status
valid

Last updated on :
24-Aug-2012

Theraps wesseli in the aquarium of Rusty Wessel in Louisville.Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. determiner Rusty Wessel.

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Original description as Theraps wesseli:

• Miller, Robert Rush. 1996. "Theraps wesseli, a new species of cichlid fish from the Caribbean slope of northern Honduras". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. (44); 10 (#484); pp. 179-183 (crc00058).

Taxonomic history:

• Theraps wesseli, Miller, 1996, original combination.

Groupings:

• Habitat: Primary rheophilus
• Morphology: Large cichlids
• Breeding: Monogamous parental

Type locality: Río Belleaire at CA13 bridge, 8 km south of the R. Jutiapa crossing, Atlantida, 15°41'30.

Inhabited countries: Honduras (endemic).

Localities: Rio Jutiapa (Honduras, native).

Conservation: Theraps wesseli is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species

References:

• Miller, Robert Rush. 1996. "Theraps wesseli, a new species of cichlid fish from the Caribbean slope of northern Honduras". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. (44); 10 (#484); pp. 179-183 (crc00058).

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