Cuatrocienegas killifish

Sardinilla de Cuatro Ciénegas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Fundulidae
Genus: Lucania
Species: L. interioris
Binomial name
Lucania interioris

The Cuatro Ciénegas killifish (Lucania interioris; also known locally as the sardinilla de Cuatro Ciénegas) is a critically endangered species of fish in the Cyprinodontidae family. It is endemic to Cuatro Ciénegas in Mexico.

Sources

    • Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. (1996). "Lucania interioris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T12395A3340622. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T12395A3340622.en. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
    • 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.


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