meeki, Thorichthys helleri Brind [W. L.] 1918:119, Fig. [Aquatic Life v. 3; ref. 20762] Near Progreso, Yucutan, Mexico. Holotype: USNM 79243. Paratypes: (264). •Valid as Cichlasoma meeki (Brind 1918) -- (Lee et al. 1980:766 [ref. 22416], Miller & Taylor 1984:938 [ref. 6809], Page & Burr 1991:333 [ref. 18983], Gamboa Pérez 1992:323 [ref. 38704], Conkel 1993:178 [ref. 22949], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:68 [ref. 22290], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:199 [ref. 22947], Fuller et al. 1999:423 [ref. 25838], Nelson et al. 2004:152 [ref. 27807]). •Valid as Thorichthys meeki Brind 1918 -- (Burgess 2000:54 [ref. 24818], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:644 [ref. 27061], Mundy 2005:423 [ref. 28379], Miller 2006:378 [ref. 28615], Chakrabarty 2007:22 [ref. 29359], Scharpf 2009:10 [ref. 30400], Minckley & Marsh 2009:268 [ref. 31114], Page & Burr 2011:612 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:157 [ref. 32708], McMahan et al. 2015:227 [ref. 33920], Říčan et al. 2016:39 [ref. 34357], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2017:9 [ref. 35275], Rodríguez-Barrera et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37800], Gómez-Martínez et al. 2022:241 [ref. 39506], Barrientos et al. 2023:273 [ref. 41235], Page et al. 2023:138 [ref. 40505], Quintana 2024:7 [ref. 41186]). Current status: Valid as Thorichthys meeki Brind 1918. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Southern North America and Central America: Atlantic Slope (Belize, Guatemala and Mexico); introduced in Colombia, Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico and Florida (U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.