Cyprinodon maya

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: Cyprinodontidae
Subfamilia: Cyprinodontinae
Genus: Cyprinodon
Species: Cyprinodon maya

Name

Cyprinodon maya Humphries & Miller, 1981

• Holotype: UMMZ 203903. Paratypes: TU 111576 (5); UMMZ 196547 (65), 201735 (32, now 25), 201748 (108, now 105, 1 skel., 5 c&s), 201756 (18), 201761 (99, 5 c&s), 203904 (1, allotype); USNM 220013 (5); plus 3 sent to Mexican Government.
• Type locality: Laguna Chichancanab, in lagoon at southern end on northern side of highway 184, Yucatán, Mexico.

References

• Humphries, J.M. & Miller, R.R., 1976: A remarkable species flock of pupfishes, genus Cyprinodon, from Yucatán, Mexico. Copeia 1: 52–64. Reference page. 

Links

• Cyprinodon maya in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on August 24, 2014.
• Cyprinodon maya – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Cyprinodon maya in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• IUCN: Cyprinodon maya  (Endangered)