The cichlid genus        Heros
(Pisces: Perciformes)

INGO SCHINDLER, Berlin (Germany)

1) Osteology
2) Literature


Osteological studies on species of the cichlid genus Heros.

(c)INGO SCHINDLER

The species of the H. severus species-complex differ from the species of the H. notatus species-complex by the morphology of the first three hemal spines. In species of the notatus species-complex these spines fused (see figures).

Heros notatus                   Heros severus



Literature:

Staeck, W. & I. Schindler (2003): Lectotype and type locality of Heros notatus (Jardine, 1843)(Teleostei: Cichlidae).  Z. Fischk. 6(1-2): 112-113.

Schindler, I. & W. Staeck (1997):Taxonomie und Wiederbeschreibung von Heros notatus (Jardine, 1843). DCG-Inform. 28(4): 72-80.

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