- Heros genus
Taxobox | name = "Heros" Heckel, 1840
image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Heros severus " "Gold" variant
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Perciformes
familia =Cichlidae
genus = "Heros"General
The
genus "Heros" includes severalfish species in theCichlid ae family. Fishes from this genus were often previously included in the "catch-all" genus "Cichlasoma ".Most commonly encountered in the aquarium trade is the severum, "
Heros severus ", available commercially in its gold coloration as well as the wild-type green. It is unclear whether aquarium severums are actually "Heros severus" or whether they are "Heros efasciatus" hybrids.pecies
Some species of "Heros" are:
*"Heros efasciatus " Heckel, 1840
*"Heros notatus " (Jardine in Schomburgk, 1843)
*"Heros severus " Heckel, 1840, also known asseverum , banded cichlid
*"Heros spurius " Heckel, 1840References
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