The Montecristo cichlid (Oscura heterospila) is a species of freshwater fish from the Atlantic slope of southern Mexico and Guatemala. This cichlid occurs in lagoons, creeks and rivers with slight to moderate current in the Grijalva–Usumacinta, Candelaria, Champotón and Coatzacoalcos river drainages.[1] It is currently recognized as the only species in its genus,[3][4] but it is closely related to –and possibly should be merged into– Vieja (a genus where it also has been placed in the past).[5] The Montecristo cichlid reaches up to 24 cm (9.4 in) in standard length.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
| Tribe: | Heroini |
| Genus: | Oscura McMahan & Chakrabarty, 2015 |
| Species: | O. heterospila
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| Binomial name | |
| Oscura heterospila (C. L. Hubbs, 1936)
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References edit
- ^ a b Lyons, T.J. & Vega-Cendejas, M. (2019). "Oscura heterospila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T192922A2179904. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T192922A2179904.en. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2022). "Oscura heterospila (Hubbs, 1936)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ McMahan, C.D.; Matamoros, W.A.; Piller, K.R.; Chakrabarty, P. (2015). "Taxonomy and systematics of the herichthyins (Cichlidae: Tribe Heroini), with the description of eight new Middle American Genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3999 (2): 211–234. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.3. PMID 26623572. S2CID 34699955.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). Species of Oscura in FishBase. December 2021 version.
- ^ Říčan, O.; Piálek, L.; Dragová, K. & Novák, J. (2016). "Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification". Vertebrate Zoology. 66 (1): 1–102. doi:10.3897/vz.66.e31534. S2CID 257203657.
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