Mayaheros ericymba (Hubbs, 1938:284)
Mojarra de Bulha, Mojarra de Sambulá, Mojarra de San Bulha
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Cichlasoma ericymba Hubbs, 1938:284; Cichlasoma urophthalmum ericymba Hubbs, 1938:284; Mayaheros urophthalmus ericymba (Hubbs, 1938:284)
Conservation Status
Extinct (Burkhead, 2012)
Last record: 1975
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Estimated date of extinction: 1975 (Burkhead, 2012)
Distribution
San Bulha Cenote (or Cave), Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: UMMZ116091
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hubbs, C. L. (1938). Fishes from the caves of Yucatan. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications No. 491 (art. 21): 261-295, Pls. 1-4.
Other references:
Burkhead, Noel M. (2012). Extinction Rates in North American Freshwater Fishes, 1900–2010. BioScience 62(9): 798-808.
Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. 1996. Cichlasoma urophthalmum ssp. ericymba. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T4840A11099909. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4840A11099909.en. Downloaded on 26 September 2016.
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://www.fishbase.se/summary/6323
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/16404/cichlasoma-urophthalmus-ssp-ericymba