# Cincelichthys

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Goldbuntbarsch (Herichthys bocourti).JPG
| image_caption = ''Cincelichthys bocourti''
| taxon = Cincelichthys
| display_parents = 3
| authority = [McMahan](/source/Caleb_D._McMahan) & [K. R. Piller](/source/Kyle_R._Piller), 2015<ref name=Mahan2015/>
| type_species=''Neetroplus bocourti''
| type_species_authority= Vaillant & Pellegrin, 1902<ref name = CoF>{{cof record|genid=11393|title=''Cincelichthys''|access-date=10 November 2018}}</ref>
| synonyms = ''Kihnichthys''
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=CMN/>
}}

'''''Cincelichthys''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of high-bodied [cichlid](/source/cichlid)s found in southern [Mexico](/source/Mexico) to [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala), where they inhabit lakes, rivers (typically sluggish) and other freshwater habitats.<ref name=Mahan2015>{{cite journal | author  = McMahan, C.D. | author2  = Matamoros, W.A. | author3  = Piller, K.R. | author4  = Chakrabarty, P. | name-list-style  = amp | year = 2015 | title = Taxonomy and systematics of the herichthyins (Cichlidae: Tribe Heroini), with the description of eight new Middle American Genera | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3999 | issue = 2 | pages = 211–234 | url = https://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/zt03999p234.pdf | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.3 | pmid = 26623572| s2cid = 34699955 }}</ref><ref name=Rican2016>{{cite journal|title=Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification|author=Říčan, O.|author2=Piálek, L.|author3=Dragová, K.|author4=Novák, J.|name-list-style=amp|journal=Vertebrate Zoology|pages=1–102|volume=66|issue=1|year=2016|doi=10.3897/vz.66.e31534 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=IUCNbocourti>{{cite iucn |author=Quintana, Y. |author2=Lyons, T.J. |date=2020 |title=''Cincelichthys bocourti'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T150123901A152306186 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T150123901A152306186.en |access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref><ref name=IUCNpearsei>{{cite iucn |author=Lyons, T.J. |date=2019 |title=''Cincelichthys pearsei'' |volume=2019 |article-number=e.T192885A2179640 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T192885A2179640.en |access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref> They are large cichlids, up to {{cvt|35–42.5|cm|in|0}} long depending on species, with females reaching smaller sizes than males.<ref name=CRbocourti>{{cite web| last=Artigas Azas | first=Juan Miguel | date=15 July 2015 | title=''Cincelichthys bocourti'' (Vaillant & Pellegrin, 1902) | url=https://cichlidae.com/species.php?id=184 | publisher=CichlidRoom | access-date=28 December 2021 }}</ref><ref name=SFpearsei>{{cite web| title=Herichthys pearsei | url=https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/herichthys-pearsei/ | publisher=SeriouslyFish | access-date=28 December 2021 }}</ref>

They feed on vegetable matter,<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase genus|genus=Cincelichthys|month=June|year=2018}}</ref> like fruits, parts of aquatic and land plants, and algae.<ref name=CRbocourti/><ref name=SFpearsei/> They share their chisel-like teeth with ''[Kihnichthys](/source/Kihnichthys)'' and whether they should be merged into a single genus is not yet fully resolved.<ref name=Rican2016/> A review in 2020 recommended that ''Kihnichthys'' should be moved into ''Cincelichthys''.<ref name=CMN>{{cite journal | last=Artigas Azas | first=Juan Miguel | year=2021 | title=''Kihnichthys'', a junior synonym of ''Cincelichthys'' | journal=Cichlid News Magazine | volume=29 | edition=4 | pages=10–12 }}</ref>

==Species==
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:<ref name=Mahan2015/><ref name = FishBase/>
* ''[Cincelichthys bocourti](/source/Cincelichthys_bocourti)'' <small>([Vaillant](/source/Leon_Louis_Vaillant) & [Pellegrin](/source/Jacques_Pellegrin), 1902)</small> (Chisel-tooth cichlid)
* ''[Cincelichthys pearsei](/source/Cincelichthys_pearsei)'' <small>([C. L. Hubbs](/source/Carl_Leavitt_Hubbs), 1936)</small> (Pantano cichlid)

==References==
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Category:Heroini
Category:Cichlid genera

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