Allotoca meeki
Allotoca meeki, commonly known as the Zirahuen allotica or the tiro de Zirahuén, is a species of fish endemic to Lake Zirahuén, a small endorheic mountain lake in Michoacán state of central Mexico.[2] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Seth Eugene Meek (1859-1914) who wrote the first review of the fishes of Mexico.[3]
Allotoca meeki | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Goodeidae |
Genus: | Allotoca |
Species: | A. meeki |
Binomial name | |
Allotoca meeki (Álvarez, 1959) | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Neoophorus meeki Álvarez, 1959 |
References
- Koeck, M. (2019). "Allotoca meeki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T191697A1998439. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191697A1998439.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Allotoca meeki" in FishBase. August 2014 version.
- Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 April 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families PANTANODONTIDAE, CYPRINODONTIDAE, PROFUNDULIDAE, GOODEIDAE, FUNDULIDAE and FLUVIPHYLACIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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