Cyprinodon alvarezi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

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

Familia: Cyprinodontidae
Subfamilia: Cyprinodontinae
Genus: Cyprinodon
Species: Cyprinodon alvarezi

Name

Cyprinodon alvarezi Miller, 1976

• Holotype: UMMZ: 179638. Paratypes: ENCB P.890 (27); UMMZ 179639 (314, now 299), 189021 (217, 8 c&s); USNM 217526 (1).
• Type locality: Spring-fed pond at El Potosí, Nuevo León, Mexico, 24°51'N, 100°19'W, elevation 1900 meters.

References

• Miller, R.R., 1976: Four new pupfishes of the genus Cyprinodon from Mexico, with a key to the C. eximius complex. Bulletin of the southern California Academy of Sciences 75(2): 68–75. Reference page. 

Links

• Cyprinodon alvarezi in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on August 24, 2014.
• Cyprinodon alvarezi – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Cyprinodon alvarezi in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• IUCN: Cyprinodon alvarezi  (Extinct in the Wild)