Biology:Floridichthys

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Floridichthys
Floridichthys polyommus.jpg
Floridichthys polyommus at Laguna Bacalar, Mexico
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Floridichthys
C. L. Hubbs, 1926
Type species
Cyprinodon carpio
Günther, 1866[1]

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

  1. 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. 
  2. "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. 
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Floridichthys in FishBase. August 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q1995369 entry