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title: "Mayan Cichlid"
description: "Mayaheros urophthalmus — Pesci. Mayaheros urophthalmus, also known as the Mayan cichlid or Mexican mojarra, is a species of cichlid."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/mayan-cichlid
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mayan Cichlid

> Mayaheros urophthalmus — Pesci. Mayaheros urophthalmus, also known as the Mayan cichlid or Mexican mojarra, is a species of cichlid.

- Scientific name: *Mayaheros urophthalmus*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 5561
- Wikidata: [Q25354031](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25354031)
- iNaturalist taxon: [623746](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/623746)

## Names

- en: Mayan Cichlid
- de: Schwanzfleckbuntbarsch
- es: Mojarra del sureste

## Countries with the most observations

US (3721), MX (888), SG (545), BZ (71), MY (38), HN (14), GT (10), ID (10), TW (10), LK (8), TH (7)

## Summary

Mayaheros urophthalmus, also known as the Mayan cichlid or Mexican mojarra, is a species of cichlid.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayaheros_urophthalmus

## Photo

![Mayan Cichlid](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mayan-cichlid/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carter Dorscht · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262956031

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mayan-cichlid?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).