Cichlidae

White Labridens

Herichthys pame

Speckled snout and head

• White
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Central America and the Caribbean
• North America
• Fusiform
• Small
• Tropical fish

Herichthys pame, previously placed in the genus Nosferatu, also known as H. labridens 'white' or mojarra caracolera blanca in Spanish, is a species of cichlid "endemic to the main stem and tributaries of the Rio Gallinas, including Rio Tamasopo, Ojo Frío, and Agua Buena, upriver from the Tamul cascade" in the Pánuco River Basin, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. "This species is distinguished by its predorsal contour being gradual and acute, not concave before eye; dorsal and ventral contours straight to moderately convex, sloping slowly; intersection with caudal peduncle inconspicuous; mouth slightly angled downward. Ground color khaki when alive; snout, head, and opercles heavily dotted with tiny speckles, extending posteriorly onto nuchal area and base of dorsal fin.