Heros_liberifer
Heros liberifer
Species of fish
Heros liberifer is a species of tropical cichlid endemic to lentic habitats, especially flooded forests, in the upper and middle Orinoco basin in Venezuela.[1]
Up until 2014 the liberifer was incorrectly believed to be the previously defined H. severus that was defined in 1840 by Heckel[cite]. Heros severus can be differentiated by having a partially formed band unlike other Heros as well as having a red shoulders. This band was originally defined by Heckel however it was dismissed as an anomaly by Kullander(1986) in the collected species. With the finding of the true H. severum, Staek & Shindler officially classified the liberifer so as to make room for the true H. severus.[1]