Tlaloc | |
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Popoyote Tlaloc hildebrandi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Profundulidae |
Genus: | Tlaloc J. Álvarez & Carranza, 1951 |
Type species | |
Tlaloc mexicanus, a synonym of Profundulus labialis Álvarez & Carranza 1951[1] |
Tlaloc is a genus of fish in the family Profundulidae endemic to Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.[2] The genus is not, however, recognised by Fishbase[3] or in the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World.[4][3] The genus is named for Tlaloc the water god of the Aztecs.[5]
Species
As delineated in 2015 there are 4 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Tlaloc candalarius (C. L. Hubbs, 1924) (Headwater killifish)
- Tlaloc hildebrandi (R. R. Miller, 1950) (Popoyote or Chiapas killifish)
- Tlaloc labialis (Günther, 1866) (Large-lip killifish)
- Tlaloc portillorum (Matamoros & J. F. Schaefer, 2010) (Ulúan killifish)
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Profundulidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- 1 2 Morcillo, F., Ornelas-García, C.P., Alcaraz, L., Matamoros, W.A. & Doadrio, I. (2015): Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the Mesoamerican endemic freshwater fish family Profundulidae (Cyprinodontiformes: Actinopterygii). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 94 (Part. A): 242–251.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2015). "Profundulidae" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
- ↑ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 372. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 April 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families PANTANODONTIDAE, CYPRINODONTIDAE, PROFUNDULIDAE, GOODEIDAE, FUNDULIDAE and FLUVIPHYLACIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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