{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Speciesbox | status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name = IUCN>{{cite iucn | author1 = Soto Galera, E. | author2 = Mejía Guerrero, O. | author3 = Pérez‐Miranda, F. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2019 | title = ''Herichthys labridens'' | volume = 2019 | article-number = e.T192897A2179729 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T192897A2179729.en | access-date=17 January 2022 }}</ref> | taxon = Herichthys labridens | authority = (Pellegrin, 1903) | synonyms = ''Heros labridens'' <small>Pellegrin, 1903</small><br /> ''Cichlasoma labridens'' <small>(Pellegrin, 1903)</small><br /> ''Nosferatu labridens'' <small>(Pellegrin, 1903)</small> }}
'''''Herichthys labridens''''', the '''curve-bar cichlid''', is a species of cichlid freshwater fish endemic to the Laguna Media Luna and headwaters of the Río Verde between {{cvt|1000-1100|m|ft|-1}} above sea level in the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Its range is a part of the upper Panuco River basin.<ref name="De la Maza-Benignos et al 2015">{{cite journal|author=De la Maza-Benignos, M.|author2=Ornelas-García, C. P.|author3=Lozano-Vilano, M.d.L.|author4=García-Ramírez, M.E.|author5=Doadrio, I.|name-list-style=amp|year=2015|title=Phylogeographic analysis of genus ''Herichthys'' (Perciformes: Cichlidae), with descriptions of ''Nosferatu'' new genus and ''H. tepehua'' n. sp.|journal=Hydrobiologia|volume=748|issue=1|pages=201–231|doi=10.1007/s10750-014-1891-8|bibcode=2015HyBio.748..201D |hdl=10261/126238|s2cid=16769534|hdl-access=free}}</ref> It shares its distribution with the related ''Herichthys bartoni''.<ref name="De la Maza-Benignos et al 2015"/> ''Herichthys labridens'' can reach a maximum total length of {{cvt|25|cm|in|0}}.<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase |genus= Herichthys|species= labridens| month = November | year = 2014}}</ref> It is endangered due to habitat loss, pollution and introduced species.<ref name = IUCN/>
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labridens Category:Freshwater fish of Mexico Category:Endemic fish of Mexico Category:Pánuco River Category:Natural history of San Luis Potosí Category:Cichlid fish of North America Category:Endangered fish Category:Endangered biota of Mexico Category:Endangered fauna of North America Category:Fish described in 1903 Category:Taxa named by Jacques Pellegrin
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