COMMENTS v. 9.0 – 5 Aug. 2023  view/download PDF Family CICHLIDAE Cichlids (part 7 of 7) Subfamily CICHLINAE American Cichlids (Darienheros through Wallaciia) Darienheros Říčan & Novák 2016    named for the Darién area between Panamá (where it occurs) and Colombia; Heros, old neotropical cichlid name meaning “hero,” used here to mean “hero of the Darién” Darienheros […]

COMMENTS v. 12.0 – 5 Aug. 2023  view/download PDF Family CICHLIDAE Cichlids (part 6 of 7) Subfamily CICHLINAE American Cichlids (Acarichthys through Cryptoheros) Acarichthys Eigenmann 1912    Acara (=Astronotus, from acará, Tupí-Guaraní word for cichlids), original genus of A. heckelii; ichthys, fish Acarichthys heckelii (Müller & Troschel 1849)    in honor of Austrian ichthyologist Johann Jakob Heckel […]