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.
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