Xenotaenia
Appearance
Xenotaenia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Goodeidae |
Subfamily: | Goodeinae |
Genus: | Xenotaenia C. L. Turner, 1946 |
Species: | X. resolanae
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Binomial name | |
Xenotaenia resolanae C. L. Turner, 1946
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Xenotaenia resolanae, the leopard splitfin, is a species of splitfin endemic to west–central Mexico where it is found in the Purificación and Marabasco River basins in Jalisco and Colima. This species grows to a length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL. It is found in the aquarium trade and is the only known species in its genus.
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Xenotaenia resolanae" in FishBase. August 2012 version.
- ^ Koeck, M. (2019). "Xenotaenia resolanae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T191716A2000033. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191716A2000033.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.