Mayaheros conchitae (Hubbs, 1936:274)
Mojarra del Cenote Conchita (Spanish)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Cichlasoma conchitae Hubbs, 1936:274; Cichlasoma urophthalmus conchitae Hubbs, 1936:274; Cichlasoma urophthalmum conchitae Hubbs, 1936:274
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1975
Estimated date of extinction: 1975 (Burkhead, 2012)
Distribution
Atlantic slope, Conchita Cenote, Merida, Yucatán, Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: UMMZ 102109
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hubbs, Carl L. (1936). Fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 457: 157-287.
Other references:
Burkhead, Noel M. (2012). Extinction Rates in North American Freshwater Fishes, 1900–2010. BioScience 62(9): 798-808.
Jelks, Howard L., Walsh, Stephen J., Burkhead, Noel M., Contreras-Balderas, Salvador, Díaz-Pardo, Edmundo, Hendrickson, Dean A., Lyons, J., Mandrak, Nicholas E., McCormick, Frank, Nelson, Joseph F., Platania, Steven P., Porter, Brady A., Renaud, Claude B., Schmitter-Soto, Juan Jacabo, Taylor, Eric B. and Warren, Melvin L. Jr. (2008). Conservation status of imperiled North American freshwater and diadromous fishes. Fisheries 33(8): 372-407.
Kullander, S.O., 2003. Cichlidae (Cichlids). p. 605-654. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
http://fishbase.org/country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=484&id=57872
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/16403/cichlasoma-conchitae