Floridichthys

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Floridichthys
Floridichthys polyommus.jpg
Floridichthys polyommus at Laguna Bacalar, Mexico
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Floridichthys
C. L. Hubbs, 1926
Type species
Cyprinodon carpio
Günther, 1866 [1]

Floridichthys is a genus of pupfishes native to the southeastern United States, Mexico and northern Central America. The name of this genus is a compound of Florida and the Greek for "fish", ichthys. The ichthyologist Carl Leavitt Hubbs thought that the genus was confined to Florida at the time he coined the name. [2]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: [3]

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References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Floridichthys". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  2. 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 October 2019.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Floridichthys in FishBase . August 2012 version.