Scolichthys iota

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: Scolichthyini
Genus: Scolichthys
Species: Scolichthys iota

Name

Scolichthys iota Rosen, 1967

• Holotype: AMNH 22716. Paratypes: AMNH 22717 (142, 4 c&s).
• Type locality: Tiny creek emptying into River Chajmayic, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.

References

• Rosen, D.E. 1967: New poeciliid fishes from Guatemala, with comments on the origins of some South and Central American forms. American Museum novitates 2303: 1–15. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• Scolichthys iota in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on June 14, 2015.
• Scolichthys iota – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Scolichthys iota in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.