Cichlidae

Red Mouthbrooder Severum

Heros liberifer

Shoulders feature red patch

• Red
• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• South America
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Heros liberifer is a species of tropical cichlid endemic to lentic habitats, especially flooded forests, in the upper and middle Orinoco basin in Venezuela. Up until 2014 the liberifer was incorrectly believed to be the previously defined H. severus that was defined in 1840 by Heckel[cite]. Heros severus can be differentiated by having a partially formed band unlike other Heros as well as having a red shoulders.