Gambusia quadruncus

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: Gambusiini
Genus: Gambusia
Species: Gambusia quadruncus

Name

Gambusia quadruncus Langerhans, 2012

Holotype: UMMZ 248855. Paratypes: TNHC 45833 (1), 45834 (22), 45835 (5); UMMZ 248857 (26), 248858 (2).

Type locality: Rìo Guayalejo at El Limón, Tamaulipas, México, 19 km south of Xicoténcatl, 22°49'53"N, 99°0'39"W.[1]

Etymology: The specific name is from the Latin quad (= four), and uncus (= hook), in reference to the four hooked elements at the distal tip of the gonopodium.

References

• Langerhans, R.B., Gifford, M.E., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., García-Bedoya, D. & DeWitt, T.J. 2012. Gambusia quadruncus (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae): a new species of mosquitofish from east-central México. Journal of Fish Biology 81(5): 1514–1539. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03397.x Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Llanos Mosquitofish