Minckley's cichlid

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Minckley's cichlid

| image = Herichthys minckleyi.jpg

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Hendrickson, D. |author2=Mejía Guerrero, O. |author3=Pérez‐Miranda, F. |date=2019 |title=Herichthys minckleyi |volume=2019 |page=e.T4836A3012480 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T4836A3012480.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| taxon = Herichthys minckleyi

| authority = (Kornfield & Taylor, 1983)

| synonyms = Cichlasoma minckleyi Kornfield & Taylor, 1983

}}

The Minckley's cichlid (Herichthys minckleyi) is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to Cuatro Ciénegas in Coahuila, Mexico.{{FishBase |genus=Herichthys |species=minckleyi|month=April |year=2013 }} The specific name honours the ichthyologist Wendell L. Minckley (1935-2001) of Arizona State University who studied the ecology of Cuatro Ciénegas.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae7/ | title = Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (d-w) | accessdate= 10 November 2018 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}