Biology:Tlaloc (fish)

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Tlaloc
Profundulus hildebrandi.jpg
Popoyote Tlaloc hildebrandi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Profundulidae
Genus: Tlaloc
J. Álvarez & Carranza, 1951
Type species
Tlaloc mexicanus, a synonym of Profundulus labialis
Álvarez & Carranza 1951[1]

Tlaloc is a genus of fish in the family Profundulidae endemic to Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.[2] The genus is not, however, recognised by Fishbase[3] or in the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World.[4][3] The genus is named for Tlaloc the water god of the Aztecs.[5]

Species

As delineated in 2015 there are 4 recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Tlaloc candalarius (C. L. Hubbs, 1924) (Headwater killifish)
  • Tlaloc hildebrandi (R. R. Miller, 1950) (Popoyote or Chiapas killifish)
  • Tlaloc labialis (Günther, 1866) (Large-lip killifish)
  • Tlaloc portillorum (Matamoros & J. F. Schaefer, 2010) (Ulúan killifish)

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Profundulidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Profundulidae. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 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.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2015). "Profundulidae" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  4. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 372. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/. 
  5. "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 September 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q21447846 entry