Xiphophorus sp. nov. 'Apodaca'

Apodaca platyfish

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Xiphophorus couchianus apodaca Valdés-Gonzalez et al. (2008 [nomen nudum (see Scharpf, 2010:42)]

 

Conservation Status

Extinct in the Wild?

 

Distribution & Habitat

Mexico

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Almada-Villela, P. and Contreras-Balderas, S. (2019). Xiphophorus couchianus (errata version published in 2019). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T23156A157724204. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T23156A157724204.en. Downloaded on 12 January 2020.

Ceballos, G.; E.D. Pardo; L.M Estévez; H.E. Pérez, eds. (2016). Los peces dulceacuícolas de México en peligro de extinción. Fondo de Cultura Económic. pp. 48, 280.

Coletti, T. (December 2007). Preserving Xiphophorus couchianus in the Home Aquarium, Part I: Sad History & Unanswered Questions. tfhmagazine.com

Coletti, T. (2009). The northern platies . . . and a new species. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 58 (5) [Jan.]: 32-34. ["issue dated Jan. 2010 but published late 2009" (Scharpf, 2010:43)]

Kallman, K. D. and Kazianis, S. (2006). The genus Xiphophorus in Mexico and Central America. Zebrafish 3(3): 271-285.

Scharpf, Christopher. (2007). Annotated Checklist of North American Freshwater Fishes, Including Subspecies and Undescribed Forms Part III. American Currents.

Scharpf, Christopher. (2009). Annotated Checklist of North American Freshwater Fishes, Including Subspecies and Undescribed Forms Part III. American Currents.

Scharpf, Christopher. (2010). Annotated checklist of North American freshwater fishes, including subspecies and undescribed forms. Addenda & Errata #5. American Currents 36(1): 40-43.

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