Rocio
For the Spanish girls' name, see Rocío.
Rocio | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Subfamily: | Cichlasomatinae |
Genus: | Rocio Schmitter-Soto, 2007 |
Type species | |
Heros octofasciatus Regan, 1903 |
Rocio is a small genus of cichlid fishes from Mexico and northern Central America.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Rocio gemmata Contreras-Balderas & Schmitter-Soto, 2007 – from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
- Rocio ocotal Schmitter-Soto, 2007 – from Lake Ocotal, Mexico
- Rocio octofasciata (Regan, 1903) (Jack Dempsey) – from Honduras to southern Mexico
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.[1]
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Rocio in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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