Plesioheros is an extinct genus of heroin cichlid that inhabited Argentina during the Eocene epoch. It contains a single species, P. chauliodus.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | †Plesioheros Perez et. al., 2010 |
| Species: | †P. chauliodus
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| †Plesioheros chauliodus Perez et. al., 2010
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References
edit- ^ Perez, Patricia Alano; Malabarba, Maria Claudia; del Papa, Cecilia (2010). "A new genus and species of Heroini (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the early Eocene of southern South America". Neotropical Ichthyology. 8 (3): 631–642. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252010000300008. hdl:11336/54590. ISSN 1679-6225. Retrieved 15 October 2024.