Cuatrocienegas killifish

The Cuatro Ciénegas killifish (Lucania interioris; also known locally as the sardinilla de Cuatro Ciénegas)[2] is a critically endangered species of fish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It is endemic to Cuatro Ciénegas in Mexico.[3]

Cuatrocienegas killifish
male
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Fundulidae
Genus: Lucania
Species:
L. interioris
Binomial name
Lucania interioris

References

  1. Espinosa-Perez, H. & Lambarri Martínez, C. (2019). "Lucania interioris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2019: e.T12395A506299.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Page, L.M.; Espinoza-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Mandrak, N.M.; Mayden, R.L.; Nelson, J.S. (2013). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico (7th ed.). Bethesda, MD: American Fisheries Society.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Lucania interioris" in FishBase. April 2019 version.


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