# Rocio

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{{short description|Genus of cichlid fishes}}
{{For|the Spanish girls' name|Rocío}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image= Cichlasoma octofasciata2.jpg
| image_caption = Jack Dempsey (''R. octofasciata'')
| taxon = Rocio
| authority = [Schmitter-Soto](/source/Juan_Jacobo_Schmitter-Soto), 2007
| type_species = ''Heros octofasciatus''
| type_species_authority = Regan, 1903
}}

'''''Rocio''''' is a small [genus](/source/genus) of [cichlid](/source/cichlid) freshwater fishes from southern [Mexico](/source/Mexico) and northern [Central America](/source/Central_America).<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 |url=http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/vertebratezoology/vz66-1/01_vertebrate_zoology_66-1_rican_1-102.pdf|access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref>

==Species==
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:<ref name=Rican2016/><ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Rocio| month = January | year = 2019}}</ref>

* ''[Rocio gemmata](/source/Rocio_gemmata)'' <small>[Contreras-Balderas](/source/Salvador_Contreras-Balderas) & [Schmitter-Soto](/source/Juan_Jacobo_Schmitter-Soto), 2007</small>  – from the [Yucatan Peninsula](/source/Yucatan_Peninsula), Mexico
* ''[Rocio ocotal](/source/Rocio_ocotal)'' <small>[Schmitter-Soto](/source/Juan_Jacobo_Schmitter-Soto), 2007</small>  – from [Lake Ocotal](/source/Lake_Ocotal), Mexico
* ''[Rocio octofasciata](/source/Rocio_octofasciata)'' <small>([Regan](/source/Charles_Tate_Regan), 1903)</small> (Jack Dempsey) – from [Honduras](/source/Honduras) to southern Mexico
* ''[Rocio spinosissima](/source/Rocio_spinosissima)'' <small>([Vaillant](/source/L%C3%A9on_Vaillant) & [Pellegrin](/source/Jacques_Pellegrin), 1902)</small> – [Lake Izabal](/source/Lake_Izabal) basin, [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala)

These have historically been placed in the genera ''[Cichlasoma](/source/Cichlasoma)'' or ''[Heros](/source/Heros_(fish))'', but they are quite distinct.<ref name=Rican2016/> ''R. gemmata'' and ''R. ocotal'' were typically regarded as populations of the closely related ''R. octofasciata'' until 2007; a review in 2018 recommended that ''R. gemmata'' should be considered a [synonym](/source/Synonym_(taxonomy)) of ''R. octofasciata'',<ref>{{cite journal | last=Artigas Azas | first=Juan Miguel | year=2018 | title=Rocio gemmata Contreras-Balderas & Schmitter-Soto, 2007: a subjective junior synonym of R. octofasciata | journal=Cichlid News | volume=27 | pages=22–27 }}</ref> whereas a review in 2021 argued that they should be recognized as separate.<ref>{{cite journal| last=Schmitter-Soto | first=Juan J. | year=2021 | title=Validity of Rocio gemmata (Teleostei: Cichlidae) | journal=Zootaxa | volume=4991 | issue=1 | pages=195–200 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4991.1.13 | pmid=34186725 | s2cid=235685253 }}</ref>

== Etymology ==
The genus name is derived from name of J. J. Schmitter-Soto's wife.  Meaning dew of the morning in Spanish, this ties in with the colorful spotting that is found in members of this genus.<ref name=FishBase/>

==References==
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Category:Fish of Central America
Category:Cichlid genera
Category:Heroini

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