Profundulidae

Profundulidae is a family of killifishes.[1] The species of this family are native to Central America and Mexico.

Profundulidae
Profundulus kreiseri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Superfamily: Funduloidea
Family: Profundulidae
Hoedeman & Bronner, 1951
Genera

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Genera

The family consists of a single genus:[2][1]

However, some workers raise an additional genus and place five of the nine species of Profundulus in the new genus Tlaloc.Álvarez & Carranza, 1951 [3]

gollark: * Byeaer.
gollark: Byre.
gollark: excellent blackmail material:
gollark: There are CLEARLY four?
gollark: > C> simpler

References
  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2015). "Profundulidae" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  2. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 372. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
  3. Morcillo, F.; Ornelas-García, C.P.; Alcaraz, L.; Matamoros, W.A. & Doadrio, I. (2015). "Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the Mesoamerican endemic freshwater fish family Profundulidae (Cyprinodontiformes: Actinopterygii)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94 (Part. A): 242–251.


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