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Cuatro Cienegas Cichlid

Herichthys minckleyi

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 80, February 77, March 87, April 165, May 101, June 49, July 44, August 46, September 54, October 58, November 75, December 73.
United States910
Texas910
Mexico117
Coahuila de Zaragoza117

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderCichlids and Allies · Cichliformes
FamilyCichlids · Cichlidae
GenusHerichthys

Sources

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