Chapalichthys encaustus

Chapalichthys encaustus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Cyprinodontoidei

Familia: Goodeidae
Subfamilia: Goodeinae
Genus: Chapalichthys
Species: Chapalichthys encaustus

Name

Chapalichthys encaustus (Jordan & Snyder, 1899)

• Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 6163.
• Type locality: Laguna de Chapala, near Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico.

Synonyms

• Characodon encaustus Jordan & Snyder, 1899

References

• Jordan, D.S. & Snyder, J.O. 1899. Notes on a collection of fishes from the rivers of Mexico, with description of twenty new species. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission 19: 115–147. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Characodon encaustus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on October 19, 2014.
• Chapalichthys encaustus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Chapalichthys encaustus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.