Adult from Tehuantepec River
Freshly collected adult of Astatheros macracanthus in a shallow lagoon around the Tehuantepec River in the lowlands of the southern part of the Tehuantepec isthmus [México]. Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Therapsini

Genus
Astatheros


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23-Jun-2007

Astatheros macracanthus (Günther, 1864)


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Original description as Heros macracanthus:

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  • Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1864. "Report of a collection of fishes made by Messrs. Dow, Godman, and Salvin in Guatemala". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1864:144-154 (ffm00137)

Conservation: Astatheros macracanthus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018). Astatheros macracanthus is not listed in the Mexican Official Norm NOM-059-ECOL-2001. The habitat remains stable in most of its range.