Chocoheros

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Mesa-Salazar, L. |author2=Sanchez-Duarte, P. |author3=Villa-Navarro, F. |year=2016 |title=Cichlasoma microlepis |volume=2016 |page=e.T49829585A61473443 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T49829585A61473443.en |access-date=11 May 2025}}

| display_parents = 3

| parent_authority = Říčan & Piálek, 2016

| genus = Chocoheros

| species = microlepis

| authority = (Dahl, 1960)

| synonyms = Cichlasoma microlepis Dahl, 1960

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Chocoheros is a monotypic genus of cichlid. Its only known species is Chocoheros microlepis, found in South America. It is endemic to the single river basin of Rio Baudó on the Pacific side of Colombia.{{cite journal|last1=Říčan|first1=O.|last2=Piálek|first2=L.|last3=Dragová|first3=K.|last4=Novák|first4=J.|year=2016|title=Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification|journal=Vertebrate Zoology|volume=66|issue=1|pages=1–102|doi=10.3897/vz.66.e31534 |doi-access=free }}

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