Profundulus
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Profundulus kreiseri | |
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Genus: | Profundulus C. L. Hubbs, 1924
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Profundulus is a genus of the family Profundulidae endemic to Mexico, Guatemala and other countries of northern Central America.[1]
Species
There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:
- Profundulus guatemalensis (Günther, 1866) (Guatemalan killifish)
- Profundulus kreiseri Matamoros, J. F. Schaefer, C. L. Hernández & Chakrabarty, 2012 (Kreiser's killifish) [2]
- Profundulus mixtlanensis Ornelas-García, Martínez-Ramírez & Doadrio, 2015 [3]
- Profundulus oaxacae (Meek, 1902)
- Profundulus punctatus (Günther, 1866) (Oaxaca killifish)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Profundulus". FishBase. October 2015 version.
- ^ Matamoros, W.A., Schaefer, J.F., Hernández, C.L. & Chakrabarty, P. (2012): Profundulus kreiseri, a new species of Profundulidae (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes) from northwestern Honduras. ZooKeys, 227: 49–62.
- ^ Ornelas-García, C.P., Martínez-Ramírez, E. & Doadrio, I. (2015): A new species of killifish of the family Profundulidae from the highlands of the Mixteca region, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 86 (4): 926–933.