Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis/Superclassis: 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: Poeciliidae
Subfamilia: Poeciliinae
Tribus: Gambusiini
Genus: Gambusia
Species: Gambusia quadruncus

Name

Holotype: UMMZ 248855. Paratypes: TNHC 45833 (1), 45834 (22), 45835 (5); UMMZ 248857 (26), 248858 (2).

Type locality: Rìo Guayalejo at El Limón, Tamaulipas, México, 19 km south of Xicoténcatl, 22°49'53"N, 99°0'39"W.

Etymology: The specific name is from the Latin quad (= four), and uncus (= hook), in reference to the four hooked elements at the distal tip of the gonopodium.

Vernacular Names

English: Llanos Mosquitofish

References

  • Langerhans, R. B., Gifford, M. E., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., García-Bedoya, D. & DeWitt, T.J.; 2012: Gambusia quadruncus (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae): a new species of mosquitofish from east-central México. Journal of Fish Biology, 81 (5): 1514–1539. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03397.x
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