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Heroini is a fish
tribe from the
Cichlasomatinae subfamily in the
family Cichlidae (cichlids). All
cichlids native to the
Greater Antilles,
United States...
- tribes: Astronotini, Chaetobranchini, Cichlasomatini, Cichlini, Geophagini,
Heroini, and Retroculini. In this
system the
Geophaginae plus the Chaetobranchini...
- Heros, Nandopsis, Parachromis, Thorichthys,
Vieja and
others in the
tribe Heroini.
According to FishBase,
there are
currently sixteen recognized species...
- (March 2013). "Biogeography of the
Mesoamerican Cichlidae (Teleostei:
Heroini):
Colonization through the
GAARlandia land
bridge and
early diversification"...
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Chordata class:
Actinopterygii Order:
Cichliformes Family:
Cichlidae Tribe:
Heroini Genus:
Pterophyllum Heckel, 1840 Type
species Platax scalaris G. Cuvier...
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Chordata class:
Actinopterygii Order:
Cichliformes Family:
Cichlidae Tribe:
Heroini Genus:
Symphysodon Heckel, 1840 Type
species Symphysodon discus Heckel...
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Chordata class:
Actinopterygii Order:
Cichliformes Family:
Cichlidae Tribe:
Heroini Genus: Uaru Heckel, 1840 Type
species Uaru
amphiacanthoides Heckel, 1840...
-
Maria Claudia; del Papa,
Cecilia (2010). "A new
genus and
species of
Heroini (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the
early Eocene of
southern South America"...
- is the
sister taxon to the
clade which includes the
Cichlasomatini and
Heroini.
Fishes in the
Geophagini are
distributed from
Panama south to Argentina...
- (2015). "Taxonomy and
systematics of the
herichthyins (Cichlidae:
Tribe Heroini), with the
description of
eight new
Middle American Genera" (PDF). Zootaxa...