Profundulus

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Profundulus
Profundulus kreiseri, USM 39022, holotype.png
Profundulus kreiseri
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Profundulidae
Genus: Profundulus
C. L. Hubbs, 1924
Type species
Fundulus punctatus
Günther, 1866[1]

Profundulus is a genus of fish in the family Profundulidae endemic to Mexico and northern Central America.[2] According to many authorities, including Fishbase this is the only genus in the Profundulidae[3][2] but workers have split the genus and raised a second genus Tlaloc.[4]

Species[]

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • C. G. E. Ahl, 1935 (Balsas killifish) [5]
  • Hubbs, 1924 (Headwater killifish)
  • Profundulus guatemalensis (Günther, 1866) (Guatemalan killifish)
  • Profundulus hildebrandi Miller, 1950 (Chiapas killifish)
  • , , & Chakrabarty, 2012 (Kreiser's killifish) [6]
  • (Günther, 1866) (Largelip killifish)
  • , & , 2015 [7]
  • (Meek, 1902)
  • Matamoros & Schaefer, 2010
  • (Günther, 1866) (Oaxaca killifish)

References[]

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Profundulus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Profundulus in FishBase. June 2016 version.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.09.002. PMID 26364972.
  5. ^ Jamangapé O, J.A., Velázquez-Velázquez, E., Martínez-Ramirez, E., Anzueto-Calvo, M.J., Gomez, E.L., Dominguez-Cisneros, S.E., McMahan, C.D. & Matamoros, W.A. (2016): Validity and Redescription of Profundulus balsanus Ahl, 1935 (Cyprinodontiformes: Profundulidae). Zootaxa, 4173 (1): 55–65.
  6. ^ Matamoros, W.A., Schaefer, J.F., Hernández, C.L. & Chakrabarty, P. (2012): Profundulus kreiseri, a new species of Profundulidae (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes) from northwestern Honduras. ZooKeys, 227: 49–62.
  7. ^ Ornelas-García, C.P., Martínez-Ramírez, E. & Doadrio, I. (2015): A new species of killifish of the family Profundulidae from the highlands of the Mixteca region, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 86 (4): 926–933.


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