Goodea luitpoldii
Goodea luitpoldii, the green goodea, is species of killifish from the family Goodeidae which is endemic to the drainage basin of the Lerma River and the Grande de Santiago River in Mexico.[1] This species was Species description described as Characodon luitpoldii by the Franz Steindachner in 1894 with the type localisty given as Lake Pátzcuaro in Michoacán.[2] The identity of the person homnoured in its specific name is unknown but it is thought likely to be Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821-1912) whose daughter, Princess Therese of Bavaria (1850-1925) was an explorer and amateur naturalist and she collected the type.[3]
| Goodea luitpoldii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Goodeidae |
| Genus: | Goodea |
| Species: | G. luitpoldii |
| Binomial name | |
| Goodea luitpoldii (Steindachner, 1894) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Characodon luitpoldii Steindachner, 1894 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Goodea lutipoldii" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Characodon luitpoldii". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- 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 22 September 2019.
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