Striped goodeid

The striped goodeid, bluetail goodeid or bluetail goodea (Ataeniobius toweri) is an endangered species of fish in the family Goodeidae. Its genus Ataeniobius is monotypic. It is endemic to the Río Verde and associated waters, including the Media Luna and Los Anteojitos lakes (all part of the Pánuco River basin), in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.[3] The specific name of this fish honours its discoverer, the America evolutionary biologist William Lawrence Tower (1872-1955) of the University of Chicago.[4]

Striped goodeid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Goodeidae
Genus: Ataeniobius
C. L. Hubbs & C. L. Turner, 1939
Species:
A. toweri
Binomial name
Ataeniobius toweri
(Meek, 1904)
Synonyms[2]

Goodea toweri Meek, 1904

References

  1. Koeck, M. (2019). "Ataeniobius toweri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T2271A2782910. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T2271A2782910.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Ataeniobius toweri" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. "Ataeniobius toweri". Goodeid Working Group. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  4. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 April 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families PANTANODONTIDAE, CYPRINODONTIDAE, PROFUNDULIDAE, GOODEIDAE, FUNDULIDAE and FLUVIPHYLACIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 September 2019.


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