Tlaloc mexicanus

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: Profundulidae
Genus: Tlaloc
Species: Tlaloc mexicanus

Name

Tlaloc mexicanus Álvarez & Carranza, 1951

Holotype: not researched. Paratypes (12): UMMZ 162154 (2).

Type locality: San Francisco creek, Ococingo, Chiapas, Mexico.

Etymology: named after its type locality: Mexico.

References

• Álvarez, J. & Carranza, J. 1951. Descripcion de un genero y especie nuevos de peces Ciprinodontidos procedentes de Chiapas (Mexico). Ciencia (Mexico City) 11 (1–2): 40–42. Reference page. 
• Morcillo, F., Ornelas-García, C.P., Alcaraz, L., Matamoros, W.A. & Doadrio, I. 2015 [January 2016]. Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the Mesoamerican endemic freshwater fish family Profundulidae (Cyprinodontiformes: Actinopterygii). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Vol. 94, Part A, pp. 242–251. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.09.002 Reference page.