Herichthys carpintis

Herichthys carpintis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Herichthys
Species:	H. carpintis
Binomial name
	Herichthys carpintis; (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899)
Synonyms
	Neetroplus carpintis D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899; Cichlasoma carpintis (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899); Heros teporatus Fowler, 1903; Cichlosoma laurae Regan, 1908; Cichlasoma laurae Regan, 1908;

Herichthys carpintis, the lowland cichlid, pearlscale cichlid, is a species of cichlid.

It is endemic to eastern Mexico where it occurs in the Pánuco River drainage, and the Soto La Marina River in northeastern Mexico, its type locality is the , near Tampico in Tamaulipas, which is alluded to in the specific name.^[1]

It reaches a maximum size of 17 centimetres (6.7 in) SL.^[2]

References[]

^ 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 10 November 2018.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Herichthys carpintis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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