Alfaro (fish)

Alfaro
A. cultratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Subfamily: Poeciliinae
Tribe: Alfarini
Hubbs, 1924
Genus: Alfaro
Meek, 1912
Type species
Alfaro acutiventralis
Meek, 1912[1]

Alfaro is a genus of poeciliid fishes endemic to Central America. The generic name honours the Costa Rican archaeologist, geologist, ethnologist, zoologist and Director of the National Museum of Costa Rica, Anastasio Alfaro (1865-1951).[2]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3]

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Alfaro". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Alfaro". FishBase. August 2012 version.


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