ellioti, Thorichthys Meek [S. E.] 1904:223, Fig. 72 [Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series v. 5; ref. 2958] Motzorongo, Veracruz, Mexico. Holotype: FMNH 4627 [not 4727]. Paratypes: FMNH 4628 (22), 72622 (2); UMMZ 162471 (3), ?177456 (2). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:83 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Cichlasoma ellioti (Meek 1904) -- (Miller & Taylor 1984:937 [ref. 6809], Conkel 1993:176 [ref. 22949], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:66 [ref. 22290], Nelson et al. 2004:151 [ref. 27807]). •Valid as Thorichthys ellioti Meek 1904 -- (Burgess 2000:54 [ref. 24818], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:644 [ref. 27061], Miller 2006:377 [ref. 28615], Scharpf 2009:10 [ref. 30400], Page et al. 2013:157 [ref. 32708]). •Synonym of Thorichthys maculipinnis (Steindachner 1864) -- (Allgayer 2010:27 [ref. 31541], McMahan et al. 2015:227 [ref. 33920], Říčan et al. 2016:39 [ref. 34357]). Current status: Synonym of Thorichthys maculipinnis (Steindachner 1864). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.