Carlhubbsia

Carlhubbsia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Poeciliidae
Tribe:	Girardini
Genus:	Carlhubbsia Whitley, 1951
Type species
Allophallus kidderi Hubbs, 1936[1]

Carlhubbsia is a genus of poeciliids native to Guatemala and Mexico. The name of this genus honours the American ichthyologist Carl Leavitt Hubbs (1894-1979) who originally named the genus Allophallus, a name which was preoccupied by a genus of Diptera.[2]

Species

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

• Carlhubbsia kidderi (C. L. Hubbs, 1936) (Champoton gambusia)
• Carlhubbsia stuarti D. E. Rosen & R. M. Bailey, 1959 (Barred livebearer)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Carlhubbsia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 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 4 November 2019.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Carlhubbsia". FishBase. August 2012 version.