Biology:Xenotaenia

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Xenotaenia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Goodeidae
Subfamily: Goodeinae
Genus: Xenotaenia
C. L. Turner, 1946
Species:
X. resolanae
Binomial name
Xenotaenia resolanae
C. L. Turner, 1946

Xenotaenia resolanae, the leopard splitfin, is a species of splitfin endemic to west–central Mexico where it is found in the Purificación and Marabasco River basins in Jalisco and Colima. This species grows to a length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL. It is found in the aquarium trade and is the only known species in its genus.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3766391 entry