Carlhubbsia
Carlhubbsia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Poeciliidae |
Tribe: | Girardini |
Genus: | Carlhubbsia Whitley, 1951 |
Type species | |
Allophallus kidderi Hubbs, 1936[1]
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Carlhubbsia is a genus of poeciliids native to Guatemala and Mexico. The name of this genus honours the American ichthyologist Carl Leavitt Hubbs (1894-1979) who originally named the genus Allophallus, a name which was preoccupied by a genus of Diptera.[2]
Species[]
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3]
- (C. L. Hubbs, 1936) (Champoton gambusia)
- D. E. Rosen & R. M. Bailey, 1959 (Barred livebearer)
References[]
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Carlhubbsia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Carlhubbsia in FishBase. August 2012 version.
Categories:
- Poeciliidae
- Freshwater fish genera
- Freshwater fish of Central America
- Freshwater fish of Mexico
- Fish of Guatemala
- Ray-finned fish genera
- Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley
- Cyprinodontiformes stubs