Cyprinodon nicholsi

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 nicholsi

Name

Cyprinodon nicholsi Smith, 1989

• Holotype: AMNH 58278. Paratypes: AMNH 58279 (135, 10 c&s), 58280 (10); UF 79181 (10); UMMZ 214865 (107); USNM 300935 (10).
• Type locality: Sandy beach at Laguna de Oviedo, 4 kilometerseast of Oviedo on hyw 44, Jaragua Natl. park, Dominican Republic.

References

• Smith, M.L., 1989: Cyprinodon nichollsi, a new pupfish from Hispaniola, and species characteristics of C. bondi Myers (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). American Museum novitates 2953: 1-10 Reference page. 

Selected links

• Cyprinodon nicholsi in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on August 26, 2014.
• Cyprinodon nicholsi – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Cyprinodon nicholsi in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.