Poblana

Poblana is a genus of Neotropical silversides that are endemic to Mexico, with each of the four threatened species restricted to a single Oriental Basin maar lake. They are small fish that do not surpass 8 cm (3 in) in standard length.[1]

Poblana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinopsidae
Subfamily: Menidiinae
Tribe: Mendiniini
Genus: Poblana
F. de Buen, 1945
Type species
Poblana alchichica
F. de Buen, 1945

Species

FishBase recognizes four species in this genus,[2] although genetic differences between them are very limited and some regard all as subspecies of P. alchichica.[3] Poblana is sometimes included in Chirostoma instead of being regarded a separate genus.[1]

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References
  1. Ceballos, G.; E.D. Pardo; L.M Estévez; H.E. Pérez, eds. (2016). Los peces dulceacuícolas de México en peligro de extinción. pp. 228–251, 435–436. ISBN 978-607-16-4087-1.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Poblana in FishBase. June 2012 version.
  3. Valdez-Moreno, M.; N.V. Ivanova; M. Elías-Gutierrez; S. Contreras-Balderas; P.D.N. Hebert (2009). "Probing diversity in freshwater fishes from Mexico and Guatemala with DNA barcodes". Journal of Fish Biology. 74 (2): 377–402. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02077.x.


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