Herichthys pantostictus

{{Speciesbox | image = Herichthys molango.jpg | image_caption = ''Herichthys molango'' | image2 = Herichthys pratinus.jpg | image2_caption = ''Herichthys pratinus'' | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name = IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Soto Galera, E. |year=2019 |title=''Herichthys pantostictus'' |volume=2019 |article-number=e.T4837A3012515 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T4837A3012515.en |access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref> | taxon = Herichthys pantostictus | authority = (J. N. Taylor & R. R. Miller, 1983) | synonyms = {{species list |Cichlasoma pantostictus |Taylor & Miller, 1983 |Nosferatu pantostictus |(Taylor & Miller, 1983) |Herichthys molango |De la Maza-Benignos & Lozano-Vilano, 2013 |Herichthys pratinus |De la Maza-Benignos & Lozano-Vilano, 2013}} }}

'''''Herichthys pantostictus''''', the '''Chairel cichlid''' or '''Atezca cichlid''', is a species of cichlid native to the Panuco River drainage of Mexico's Atlantic coast where it is mostly found in moderately fast flowing rivers, slightly brackish, murky lakes and lagoons along the coast.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=De La Maza-Benignos, M. |author2=Lozano-Vilano, M.d.L. |name-list-style=amp |title= Description of three new species of the genus ''Herichthys'' (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from eastern Mexico, with redescription of ''H. labridens'', ''H. steindachneri'', and ''H. pantostictus'' |journal=Zootaxa|date=2013|volume=3734 |issue=2|pages=101–129|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3734.2.1|pmid=25277902}}</ref><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=Doadio, 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> A lacustrine form, formerly described as ''Herichthys molango'' and endemic to "Laguna Atezca" in the municipality of Molango, has now been extirpated by introduced species.<ref name=Diaz-Pardoetal2002>{{cite book|author=Díaz-Pardo, E.|author2= Pineda-López, R. |author3= Gutiérrez-Hernández, A. |year=2002|chapter=Natural history of ''Cichlasoma labridens'' (Teleostei: Cichlidae), a Mexican species in danger of extinction|editor=Lozano-Vilano, M.d.L. |title=Libro Jubilar en Honor al Dr. Salvador Contreras Balderas|publisher=Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico|pages=223–240}}</ref> The species reaches a maximum size of {{convert|12.6|cm|in|0}} SL though most do not exceed {{convert|5.6|cm|in}}, and can also be found in the aquarium trade.<ref>{{FishBase |genus= Herichthys|species= pantostictus| month = November | year = 2014}}</ref>

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pantostictus Category:Freshwater fish of Mexico Category:Endemic fish of Mexico Category:Pánuco River Category:Natural history of San Luis Potosí Category:Natural history of Tamaulipas Category:Natural history of Veracruz Category:Cichlid fish of Central America Category:Endangered fish Category:Fish described in 1983 Category:Taxa named by Jeffrey N. Taylor Category:Taxa named by Robert Rush Miller