Profundulus mixtlanensis

Familia: Profundulidae
Genus: Profundulus

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

Name

Profundulus mixtlanensis Ornelas-García et al., 2015

Holotype: CNPE-IBUNAM 19112.
Allotype: CNPE-IBUNAM 19113.

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”.

References

Ornelas-García, C. P., Martínez-Ramírez, E. & Doadrio, I. 2015. A new species of killifish of the family Profundulidae from the highlands of the Mixteca region, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 86(4): 926–933. Prepublication Reference page.