Cyprinodon higuey

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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 higuey

Name

Cyprinodon higuey Rodriguez & Smith, in Smith, Rodriguez & Lydeard, 1990

• Holotype: AMNH 58623. Paratypes: AMNH 58624 (11 or 10, 4 c&s), 58625 (49), UF 80375 (10), UMMZ 216033 (10).
• Type locality: Laguna de Bávaro at village of Cabeza de Toro, Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic.

References

• Smith, M.L., Rodriguez, C.M. & Lydeard, C. 1980. Systematics of Cyprinodon higuey, n. sp. and Cyprinodon jamaicensis Fowler from the Greater Antilles (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). American Museum Novitates 2990: 1–10. hdl: 2246/5035 . Reference page. 

Selected links

• Cyprinodon higuey in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on August 25, 2014.
• Cyprinodon higuey – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Cyprinodon higuey in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.