Chocoheros

Chocoheros is a monotypic genus of cichlid. Its only known species is Chocoheros microlepis, found in South America. It is endemic to the single river basin of Rio Baudó on the Pacific side of Colombia.^[2]

Chocoheros
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Subfamily:	Cichlinae
Tribe:	Heroini
Genus:	Chocoheros Říčan & Piálek, 2016 [2]
Species:	C. microlepis
Binomial name
Chocoheros microlepis (Dahl, 1960)
Synonyms
Cichlasoma microlepis Dahl, 1960