Chortiheros wesseli

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Chortiheros wesseli, commonly known as the Honduran mojarra,[1] is a species of cichlid found in Middle America. It is endemic to fast-flowing waters of the Río Papaloteca, Río Cangrejal and Río Danto in the northern Caribbean coast of Honduras. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]

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Chortiheros wesseli
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Cichlinae
Tribe: Heroini
Genus: Chortiheros
Říčan & Dragová, 2016[2]
Species:
C. wesseli
Binomial name
Chortiheros wesseli
(R. R. Miller, 1996)
Synonyms

Theraps wesseli Miller, 1996

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