Profundulus mixtlanensis

Familia: Profundulidae
Genus: Profundulus

Profundulus mixtlanensis


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

Species: Profundulus mixtlanensis

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Profundulus mixtlanensis Ornelas-García et al., 2015

Type locality: Spring system in Santiago Yosondúa, Oaxaca, México.

Etymology: The epithet mixtlanensis derives from the word Mixtlan in the Nahuatl language. The Tenoch culture used to call Mixtlan the region where the species is found. Mixtlan is a compound word, which is made up of the words Mixtli (cloud) and -Tlan (place). Hence it means “the place of the clouds”.

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