Zoogoneticus tequila Webb & Miller, 1998
Crescent goodeid, Crescent zoe, Tequila splitfin, Tequila fish
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Reintroduced to the wild (Smith et al., 2023)
Distribution
Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Webb, Shane A. and Miller, Robert Rush. (1998). Zoogoneticus tequila, a new goodeid fish (Cyprinodontiformes) from the Ameca drainage of Mexico, and a rediagnosis of the genus. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology The University of Michigan, no. 725, 23 pp. [records of this species from Ameca drainage, Mexico]
Other references:
De La Vega-Salazar, M., Avila-Luna, E., & Macias-Garcia, C. (2003b). Threatened fishes of the world: Zoogoneticus tequila Webb & Miller 1998 (Goodeidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 68: 14.
De la Vega-Salazar, M. Y. (2006). Conservation status of Goodeidae familiy fishes (Cyprinodontiformes) from the Mexican central plateau. Revista de Biologia Tropical 54: 163-177.
Domínguez-Domínguez, O.,Hernández-Morales R.,Medina-Nava M.,Herrerias-Diego Y.,Tafolla Venegas D.,Escalante Jiménez A. L.,Escalera-Vázquez L. H., and García G. 2018. Progress in the reintroduction program of the Tequila Splitfin in the springs of Teuchitlán, Jalisco, Mexico, p. 38–42. In: Global Reintroduction Perspectives: 2018. Case Studies from around the Globe. Soorae P. S. (ed.). IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
Lyons, John et al. (2019). Distribution and current conservation status of the Mexican Goodeidae (Actinopterygii, Cyprinodontiformes). ZooKeys 885: 115-158.
Miller, R. R., Minckley, W. L., & Norris, S. M. (2005). Freshwater fishes of Mexico. University of Chicago Press. 490 pp.
Smith, Donal et al. (2023). Extinct in the wild: The precarious state of Earth’s most threatened group of species. Science 379(6634): eadd2889. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.add2889
Suárez-Rodríguez, M. et al. (2023). Population growth and behavioural interactions of a critically endangered fish with co-occurring native and exotic species. Freshwater Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14057