pearsei, Herichthys Hubbs [C. L.] 1936:279, Pl. 10 (fig. 2) [Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications No. 457 (art. 17); ref. 2247] Río Champoton, Campeche, 34 kilometers east of Champoton, Yucatán, Mexico. Holotype: UMMZ 102212. •Valid as Herichthys pearsei Hubbs 1936 -- (Burgess 2000:48 [ref. 24818]). •Valid as Cichlasoma pearsei (Hubbs 1936) -- (Conkel 1993:112 [ref. 22949], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:69 [ref. 22290], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:624 [ref. 27061] as incertae sedis in 'Cichlasoma', Nelson et al. 2004:152 [ref. 27807]). •Valid as Vieja pearsei (Hubbs 1936) -- (Miller 2006:384 [ref. 28615]). •Valid as Theraps pearsei (Hubbs 1936) -- (McMahan et al. 2010:1299 [ref. 31111], Page et al. 2013:157 [ref. 32708]). •Valid as Cincelichthys pearsei (Hubbs 1936) -- (McMahan et al. 2015:223 [ref. 33920], Říčan et al. 2016:42 [ref. 34357], Artigas Azas 2020:12 [ref. 37833], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2020:202 [ref. 38085], Gómez-Martínez et al. 2022:237 [ref. 39506], Barrientos et al. 2023:273 [ref. 41235], Page et al. 2023:136 [ref. 40505], Quintana 2024:6 [ref. 41186]). Current status: Valid as Cincelichthys pearsei (Hubbs 1936). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Southern North America, central America: Atlantic slope (southeastern Mexico and northern Guatemala); introduced in Veracruz (Mexico). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.