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Mcmahan, Caleb D., Matamoros, Wilfredo A., Piller, Kyle R. & Chakrabarty, Prosanta, 2015, Taxonomy and systematics of the herichthyins (Cichlidae: Tribe Heroini), with the description of eight new Middle American Genera, Zootaxa 3999 (2), pp. 211-234 : 220

Genus Nosferatu De la Maza-Benignos et al. 2015

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Inclusive species. N. pame (type species), N. bartoni , N. labridens , N. molango , N. pantostictus , N. pratinus , N. steindachneri .

Diagnosis. Teeth in anteriormost portion of upper jaw conical and unicuspid, relatively elongate body. Lateral markings variable and irregular (stripe or blotches). Breeding coloration dark ventrally (similar to Herichthys ), but often not to the extent of members of Herichthys in covering most of the body.

Distribution. Rivers of the Atlantic slope of Mexico.

Comments. De la Maza-Benignos et al. (2015), in a revision of the Herichthys , described the genus Nosferatu . Herein we recover Nosferatu as monophyletic; however, we lack sequence data for the new species N. tepehua described in De la Maza-Benignos et al. (2015). As with Herichthys , many of the species of Nosferatu were not recovered as monophyletic in the phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial sequences by De la Maza-Benignos et al. (2015). Species limits and diversity, as well as interspecific relationships, within Nosferatu remain unresolved.

Material examined. N. bartoni , UMMZ 172193 [n=15, Mexico: Río Verde], UMMZ 202972 [n=15, Mexico: Río Panuco]; N. labridens , UMMZ 203203 [n=10, Mexico: Río Tamesi], UMMZ 203205 [n=2, Mexico: Río Tamesi]; N. pantostictus , UMMZ 170951 [n=8, Mexico: Río Tamesi], UMMZ 209431 [n=2, Mexico: Río Tamesi]; N. steindachneri , FMNH 62682 [n=43, Mexico: Río Sabinas], UMMZ 193514 [n=22, Mexico: Río Tamasopo].

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FIGURE 7. Nosferatu steindachneri, FMNH 62682, 99.71 mm SL.