{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn| author=Carrasco, J.C. |author2= Lyons, T.J. |name-list-style=amp |year=2020|title= ''Chortiheros wesseli''|article-number= e.T150123724A152306171 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T150123724A152306171.en|access-date=27 February 2024}}</ref> | taxon = Chortiheros wesseli | display_parents = 3 | parent_authority = Říčan & Dragová, 2016<ref name=Rican2016/> | authority = (R. R. Miller, 1996) | synonyms = ''Theraps wesseli'' <small>Miller, 1996</small> }}
'''''Chortiheros wesseli''''', commonly known as the '''Honduran mojarra''',<ref name=IUCN/> is a species of cichlid found in Middle America. It is endemic to fast-flowing waters of the Río Papaloteca, Río Cangrejal and Río Danto in the northern Caribbean coast of Honduras. This species is the only known member of its genus.<ref name=Rican2016>Říčan, O., Piálek, L., Dragová, K. & Novák, J. (2016): Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification. ''Vertebrate Zoology, 66 (1): 1-102.''</ref>
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Category:Heroini Category:Taxa named by Robert Rush Miller Category:Fish described in 1996 Category:Endemic fauna of Honduras
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