Rheoheros

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Rheoheros | authority = McMahan & Matamoros, 2015 <ref name=Mahan2015/> | type_species = ''Heros lentiginosus'' | type_species_authority = Steindachner, 1864<ref name = CoF>{{Cof record|genid=11394|title=''Rheoheros''|access-date=12 November 2018}}</ref> }}

'''''Rheoheros''''' is a genus of cichlids. These freshwater fish are found in the Atlantic slope of Mexico and Guatemala in moderately to fast-flowing waters of the Grijalva-Usumacinta River system.<ref name=Mahan2015>{{cite journal |author=McMahan, C.D. |author2=Matamoros, W.A. |author3=Piller, K.R. |author4=Chakrabarty, P. | 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 = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/zt03999p234.pdf | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.3 | pmid=26623572 }}</ref> Depending on species, they reach up to {{cvt|12-25|cm|in|round=0.5}} in length.<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase genus|genus=Rheoheros|month=December|year=2021}}</ref>

==Species== There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:<ref name=Mahan2015/><ref name=FishBase/> * ''Rheoheros coeruleus'' <small>(Stawikowski & U. Werner, 1987)</small> * ''Rheoheros lentiginosus'' <small>(Steindachner, 1864)</small> (Freckled cichlid)

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Heroini Category:Cichlid genera