Profundulus
| Profundulus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Profundulus kreiseri | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Profundulidae |
| Genus: | Profundulus C. L. Hubbs, 1924 |
Profundulus is a genus of the family Profundulidae endemic to Mexico, Guatemala and other countries of northern Central America.[1]
Species
There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:
- Profundulus guatemalensis (Günther, 1866) (Guatemalan killifish)
- Profundulus kreiseri Matamoros, J. F. Schaefer, C. L. Hernández & Chakrabarty, 2012 (Kreiser's killifish) [2]
- Profundulus mixtlanensis Ornelas-García, Martínez-Ramírez & Doadrio, 2015 [3]
- Profundulus oaxacae (Meek, 1902)
- Profundulus punctatus (Günther, 1866) (Oaxaca killifish)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2015). Species of Profundulus in FishBase. October 2015 version.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Ornelas-García, C.P., Martínez-Ramírez, E. & Doadrio, I. (2015): A new species of killifish of the family Profundulidae from the highlands of the Mixteca region, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 86 (4): 926–933.
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