Profundulus

Profundulus
Profundulus kreiseri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Profundulidae
Genus: Profundulus

Profundulus is a genus of fish in the family Profundulidae endemic to northern Central America.[1]

Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:

  • Profundulus balsanus C. G. E. Ahl, 1935 (Balsas killifish) [2]
  • Profundulus guatemalensis (Günther, 1866) (Guatemalan killifish)
  • Profundulus kreiseri Matamoros, J. F. Schaefer, C. L. Hernández & Chakrabarty, 2012 (Kreiser's killifish) [3]
  • Profundulus mixtlanensis Ornelas-García, Martínez-Ramírez & Doadrio, 2015 [4]
  • Profundulus oaxacae (Meek, 1902)
  • Profundulus punctatus (Günther, 1866) (Oaxaca killifish)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Profundulus in FishBase. June 2016 version.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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