The striped goodeid, bluetail goodeid or bluetail goodea (Ataeniobius toweri) is an endangered species of fish in the family Goodeidae. Its genus Ataeniobius is monotypic. It is endemic to the Río Verde and associated waters, including the Media Luna and Los Anteojitos lakes (all part of the Pánuco River basin), in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.[3] The specific name of this fish honours its discoverer, the America evolutionary biologist William Lawrence Tower (1872–1955) of the University of Chicago.[4]
Striped goodeid | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Goodeidae |
Genus: | Ataeniobius C. L. Hubbs & C. L. Turner, 1939 |
Species: | A. toweri
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Binomial name | |
Ataeniobius toweri (Meek, 1904)
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Synonyms[2] | |
Goodea toweri Meek, 1904 |
References
edit- ^ Koeck, M. (2019). "Ataeniobius toweri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T2271A2782910. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T2271A2782910.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ataeniobius toweri". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ "Ataeniobius toweri". Goodeid Working Group. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 April 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families PANTANODONTIDAE, CYPRINODONTIDAE, PROFUNDULIDAE, GOODEIDAE, FUNDULIDAE and FLUVIPHYLACIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 September 2019.