Chortiheros wesseli

Chortiheros wesseli, commonly known as the Honduran mojarra,^[1] is a species of cichlid found in Middle America. It is endemic to fast-flowing waters of the Río Papaloteca, Río Cangrejal and Río Danto in the northern Caribbean coast of Honduras. This species is the only known member of its genus.^[2]

Chortiheros wesseli
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Subfamily:	Cichlinae
Tribe:	Heroini
Genus:	Chortiheros Říčan & Dragová, 2016[2]
Species:	C. wesseli
Binomial name
Chortiheros wesseli (R. R. Miller, 1996)
Synonyms
Theraps wesseli Miller, 1996