Biology:Floridichthys
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Floridichthys | |
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| Floridichthys polyommus at Laguna Bacalar, Mexico | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
| Genus: | Floridichthys C. L. Hubbs, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| Cyprinodon carpio Günther, 1866[1]
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Floridichthys is a genus of pupfishes native to the southeastern United States, Mexico and northern Central America. The name of this genus is a compound of Florida and the Greek for "fish", ichthys. The ichthyologist Carl Leavitt Hubbs thought that the genus was confined to Florida at the time he coined the name.[2]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Floridichthys carpio (Günther, 1866) (Goldspotted killifish)
- Floridichthys polyommus C. L. Hubbs, 1936 (Ocellated killifish)
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Floridichthys". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=6492.
- ↑ "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families PANTANODONTIDAE, CYPRINODONTIDAE, PROFUNDULIDAE, GOODEIDAE, FUNDULIDAE and FLUVIPHYLACIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 26 April 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes3/. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Floridichthys in FishBase. August 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q1995369 entry
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