Chirostoma bartoni

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Chirostoma bartoni

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinopsidae
Genus: Chirostoma
Species:
C. bartoni
Binomial name
Chirostoma bartoni

Chirostoma bartoni, the Alberca silverside, was a species of neotropical silverside endemic to the Lerma River basin of Mexico. Typical adult specimens were approximately 7.1 cm in length.[1]

The Alberca silverside was found only in the Alberca Caldera, Guanajuato, Mexico. It became extinct when the caldera temporarily dried up in August 2006.[2]

The specific name honours Barton Appler Bean (1860-1947) who was Assistant Curator of Fishes at the U.S. National Museum.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Mercado Silva, N. (2019). "Chirostoma bartoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T4689A3011880. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T4689A3011880.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhead, Noel M (September 2012). "Extinction Rates in North American Freshwater Fishes, 1900–2010" (PDF). BioScience. 62 (9): 798–808. doi:10.1525/bio.2012.62.9.5. S2CID 86188840. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (1 January 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families ATHERINOPSIDAE, ATHERINIDAE and ATHERIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 June 2019.


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