Cyprinodon fontinalis

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 fontinalis

Name

Cyprinodon fontinalis Smith & Miller, 1980

• Holotype: UMMZ 204189. Paratypes: FMNH 83893 (15); UMMZ 203022 (613), 204190-94 (36, 28, 105, 53, 68); USNM 220601.
• Type locality: About 36 kilometers west of Villa Ahumada (30°35'N, 106°51'W), Mexico.

References

• Smith, M.L. & Miller, R.R.; 1980: Systematics and variation of a new cyprinodontid fish, Cyprinodon fontinalis, from Chihuahua, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 93(2): 405-416. Reference page. 

Selected links

• Cyprinodon fontinalis 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 fontinalis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Cyprinodon fontinalis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• IUCN: Cyprinodon fontinalis  (Endangered)