Cuatrocienegas killifish
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Fundulidae |
Genus: | Lucania |
Species: | L. interioris
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Binomial name | |
Lucania interioris C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1965
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The Cuatro Ciénegas killifish (Lucania interioris; also known locally as the sardinilla de Cuatro Ciénegas)[2] is a critically endangered species of fish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It is endemic to Cuatro Ciénegas in Mexico.[3]
References[]
- ^ Espinosa-Perez, H. & Lambarri Martínez, C. (2019). "Lucania interioris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2019: e.T12395A506299.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ Page, L.M.; Espinoza-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Mandrak, N.M.; Mayden, R.L.; Nelson, J.S. (2013). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico (7th ed.). Bethesda, MD: American Fisheries Society.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Lucania interioris" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
External links[]
Categories:
- IUCN Red List endangered species
- Lucania (fish)
- Endemic fish of Mexico
- Freshwater fish of Mexico
- Cuatrociénegas Municipality
- Natural history of Coahuila
- Endangered fish
- Critically endangered biota of Mexico
- Critically endangered fauna of North America
- Fish described in 1965
- Cyprinodontiformes stubs