Astatheros

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Speciesbox | image = Astatheros macracanthus.jpg | image_caption = ''Astatheros macracanthus'' | display_parents = 3 | genus = Astatheros | parent_authority = Pellegrin, 1904 | species = macracanthus | authority = (Günther, 1864) | synonyms = *''Amphilophus macracanthus'' *''Cichlasoma macracanthum'' *''Heros macracanthus'' }}

'''''Astatheros macracanthus''''', the '''blackthroat cichlid''', is a species of cichlid freshwater fish from southern Mexico and northern Central America.<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase | genus = Astatheros | species=macracanthus | month = July | year = 2019 }}</ref> It is the only recognized species in the genus '''''Astatheros''''', but it was originally described in ''Heros'', then for a long period included in ''Cichlasoma'' and until 2008 it was typically included in ''Amphilophus''. Several other species have also been placed in ''Astatheros'' in the past, but they are now generally placed in ''Cribroheros''.<ref name=Rican2016>Říčan, O., Piálek, L., Dragová, K., and Novák, J. (2016). Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification. Vertebrate Zoology 66 (1): 1-102.</ref> This blackthroat cichlid is omnivorous and reaches up to {{cvt|25|cm|in|0}} in standard length.<ref name=FishBase/>

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==External links== * {{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae6/ | title = Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (a-c) | accessdate= 14 July 2019 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}

Category:Heroini Category:Cichlid genera Category:Cichlid fish of Central America Category:Freshwater fish of Mexico Category:Taxa named by Jacques Pellegrin Category:Monotypic Actinopterygii genera