Heros notatus

Heros notatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Heros
Species:	H. notatus
Binomial name
	Heros notatus; (Jardine, 1843)
Synonyms
	Centrarchus notatus Jardine, 1843

Heros notatus is a species of tropical freshwater cichlid native to Rio Negro and Essequibo River in South America.^[1]^[2]

Aquarium trade

This species is uncommon in the aquarium trade.

The species generally found in the aquarium trade Heros efasciatus and its man-made color morphs(red and gold) as well as the unspecified H. sp.'rotkeil'.

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Heros notatus". FishBase. January 2017 version.
^ Staeck, W.; Schindler, I. (2015). "Description of a new Heros species (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the Rio Orinoco drainage and notes on Heros severus Heckel, 1840". Bulletin of Fish Biology. 15 (1–2): 121–136.

[fishbase-1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Heros notatus". FishBase. January 2017 version.

[Staeck2015-2] Staeck, W.; Schindler, I. (2015). "Description of a new Heros species (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the Rio Orinoco drainage and notes on Heros severus Heckel, 1840". Bulletin of Fish Biology. 15 (1–2): 121–136.

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