Alfaro

For the taxon authorities, see Alfaro (authorities).

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: 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: Alfarini
Genus: Alfaro
Species: A. cultratus – A. huberi

Name

Alfaro Meek, 1912:72

• Alfaro acutiventralis Meek, 1912, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Furcipenis Hubbs, 1931
• Petalosoma Regan, 1908:458, preoccupied by Petalosoma Lewis, 1903 in Coleoptera, replaced by Petalurichthys Regan, 1912
• Petalurichthys Regan, 1912:494 footnote

References

• Meek (18 Sept. 1912) New species of fishes from Costa Rica. Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series 10 (7): 69–75.
• Regan, C. T. (1908) A collection of freshwater fishes made by Mr. C. F. Underwood in Costa Rica. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2: 455–464.
• Regan, C. T. (1 Nov. 1912) A revision of the poeciliid fishes of the genera Rivulus, Pterolebias and Cynolebias. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10: 494–508.

Links

• Alfaro – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).