Herichthys pame

{{Speciesbox | image = Herichthys pame.jpg | image_caption = ''Herichthys pame'', formerly known as ''H. labridens'' 'white' is a species of cichlid endemic to the Tamasopo River, in the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico | taxon = Herichthys pame | authority = (De la Maza-Benignos & Lozano-Vilano, 2013) | synonyms = ''Nosferatu pame'' <small>De la Maza-Benignos & Lozano-Vilano, 2013</small> }}

'''''Herichthys pame''''', previously placed in the genus ''Nosferatu'',<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> also known as ''H. labridens'' 'white' or mojarra caracolera blanca in Spanish, is a species of cichlid "endemic to the main stem and tributaries of the Rio Gallinas, including Rio Tamasopo, Ojo Frío, and Agua Buena, upriver from the Tamul cascade" in the Pánuco River Basin, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

"This species is distinguished by its predorsal contour being gradual and acute, not concave before eye; dorsal and ventral contours straight to moderately convex, sloping slowly; intersection with caudal peduncle inconspicuous; mouth slightly angled downward. Ground color khaki when alive; snout, head, and opercles heavily dotted with tiny speckles, extending posteriorly onto nuchal area and base of dorsal fin. Eye diameter small (mean 23%, SD 1%), snout long (mean 39%, SD 2%), and cheeks shallow (mean 29%, SD 2%) (all in HL). Lower pharyngeal plate stout and much broader than long; horns short with lightly pigmented stout molars, 2 central rows of 6–7 molars flank the midline, posterior-most 3 big and stout. The peritoneum uniformly very dark." It is found sympatric with ''Herichthys tamasopoensis'' and ''H. steindachneri'' <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|year=2013|volume=3734|issue=2 |pages=101–129 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3734.2.1 |pmid=25277902}}</ref>

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pame 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:Fish described in 2013 Category:Taxa named by Mauricio de la Maza-Benignos Category:Taxa named by María de Lourdes Lozano-Vilano