Floridichthys

Floridichthys
Floridichthys polyommus at Laguna Bacalar, Mexico
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Floridichthys
C. L. Hubbs, 1926
Type species
Cyprinodon carpio
Günther, 1866[1]

Floridichthys is a genus of pupfishes native to the southeastern United States, Mexico and northern Central America. The name of this genus is a compound of Florida and the Greek for "fish", ichthys. The ichthyologist Carl Leavitt Hubbs thought that the genus was confined to Florida at the time he coined the name.[2]

Species

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

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Floridichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  2. ^ 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 17 October 2019.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Floridichthys". FishBase. August 2012 version.


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