Floridichthys
| Floridichthys | |
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| Floridichthys polyommus at Laguna Bacalar, Mexico | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
| Genus: | Floridichthys C. L. Hubbs, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| Cyprinodon carpio Günther, 1866[1]
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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
[edit]There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Floridichthys carpio (Günther, 1866) (Goldspotted killifish)
- Floridichthys polyommus C. L. Hubbs, 1936 (Ocellated killifish)
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Floridichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 October 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 17 October 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Floridichthys". FishBase. August 2012 version.
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