Empetrichthys merriami

Empetrichthys merriami

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: Goodeidae
Subfamilia: Empetrichthyinae
Genus: Empetrichthys
Species: Empetrichthys merriami

Name

Empetrichthys merriami (Gilbert, 1893)

• Holotype: USNM 131151. Paratypes: CAS-SU 766 (2), USNM 46101-03 (3, 2, 1).
• Type locality: Ash Meadows in Amargosa Desert, between California & Nevada, U.S.A.

References

• Gilbert, C.H. 1893: Report on the fishes of the Death Valley expedition collected in southern California and Nevada in 1891, with descriptions of new species, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. North American Fauna 7: 229–234, Pls. 5-6. Reference page. 

Selected links

• Empetrichthys merriami in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2023. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on October 5, 2014.
• Empetrichthys merriami – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Empetrichthys merriami in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2023.
• IUCN: Empetrichthys merriami  (Extinct)