Characodon audax

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: Goodeidae
Subfamilia: Goodeinae
Genus: Characodon
Species: Characodon audax

Name

Characodon audax M. L. Smith & Miller, 1986: 3

• Fixation: Holotype: UMMZ 213302. Paratypes: AMNH 57006 (20); ANSP 157641 (20); UMMZ 211061 (36), 213303 (1, allotype), 213312 (168), 213319 (4); USNM 274718 (20).

Type locality: Pond at El Ojo de Agua de Las Mujeres, near the village of El Toboso, 24°16'35"N, 104°34'50"W [1], Durango, Mexico

References

Primary references

• Smith, M.L. & Miller, R.R.; 1986: Mexican goodeid fishes of the genus Characodon, with description of a new species. American Museum novitates 2851: 1-14. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Tobler, M. & Bertrand, N.; 2014: Morphological variation in vanishing Mexican desert fishes of the genus Characodon (Goodeidae). Journal of Fish Biology, DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12281 Reference page. 

Links

• Characodon audax in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• ZooBank: DCF819ED-F901-4C6D-82E1-4D7F39A3F7C7