Profundulus kreiseri

Profundulus kreiseri holotype

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: Profundulidae
Genus: Profundulus
Species: Profundulus kreiseri

Name

Profundulus kreiseri Matamoros, Schaefer, Hernández & Chakrabarty, 2012

Holotype: USM 39022. Paratypes: LSUMZ 14851 (9), 14852 (4); USM 39024 (9), 39025 (7), 39026 (5).

Type locality: Honduras, Department of Santa Barbara, Municipality of Macuelizo. Drainage: Chamelecón, System: Chamelecón. Locality: small creek that drains to the Chamelecón River, near the Chamelecón Hydroelectric Dam, 15.197667°N, 88.616°W.[1]

Eponymy: in honour of Brian R. Kreiser, the doctoral advisor and friend of the first author.

References

Primary references

• Matamoros, W.A., Schaefer, J.F., Hernández, C.L. & Chakrabarty, P. 2012. Profundulus kreiseri, a new species of Profundulidae (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes) from northwestern Honduras. ZooKeys 227: 49–62. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.227.3151 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Kreiser’s Killifish
español: El Escamudo de Kreiser