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Ameca splendens Miller & Fitzsimons, 1971

Butterfly splitfin

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered?

 

Distribution

Ameca River drainage, Jalisco, Mexico

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Miller, Robert Rush and Fitzsimons, John Michael. (1971). Ameca splendens, a New Genus and Species of Goodeid Fish from Western Mexico, with Remarks on the Classification of the Goodeidae. Copeia 1971(1): 1-13.

 

Other references:

Williams, Jack E., Johnson, James E., Hendrickson, Dean A., Contreras-Balderas, Salvador, Williams, James D., Navarro-Mendoza, Miguel, McAllister, Don E. and Deacon, James E. (1989). Fishes of North America endangered, threatened, or of special concern: 1989. Fisheries 14(6): 2-20.

https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/ameca-splendens/

 

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