Overview
Family : Splitfins; Raised commercially in Florida, U.S.A.
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Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
Sommerfuglegoodeide
Common Names in English:
Butterfly Skate, Butterfly Splitfin, Goodeid
Common Names in Finnish:
Perhostoka
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
阿邁喀鮰, 阿邁喀鮰, 阿迈喀鮰
Common Names in Russian:
Ameka
Common Names in Spanish:
Mexacalpique Mariposa
Description
Family Goodeidae
Distribution: Nevada and west central Mexico. In Goodeinae, fertilization internal; viviparous; males with the anterior rays of anal fin crowded, shorter, and partly separate from rest of fin (suspected as a primitive gonopodium called pseudophallus). Ovaries partly fused to form a single median organ. Embryos and newborn young usually with ribbonlike structures called trophotaeniae which functions like a placenta. Empetrichthyinae (2 species) ovipar with external fertilization. Body form and feeding habits diverse . Attains 20 cm maximum length .The family Goodeidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Cyprinodontiformes. It contains 19 genera and 40 species. It may be found in Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Secondary freshwater. Some members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are bearers. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. This family may be found from 38° n to 22° s and 118° w to 98° e.
Habitat
Biome: Fresh water . Demersal .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
()
- Berg, 1940
- Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 28-Jul-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ameca
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. splendens (Butterfly Splitfin)
More Info
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Further Reading
- An evaluation of Seth E. Meek's contributions to Mexican ichthyology / Robert Rush Miller. [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History, 1976. ENG url p. 30.
- Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl (1985). Aquarien atlas. Band 2. Mergus, Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde GmbH, Melle, Germany. 1216 p.
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
- General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. ENG url p. 94.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott (1991). World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p.
- Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1991. World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 243. ISBN: 0-913235-54-7.
- Wischnath, L. (1993). Atlas of livebearers of the world. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., United States of America. 336 p.
Notes
Contributors
- American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Contreras-Balderas, S. and Almada-Villela, P. 1996. Ameca splendens. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
- FishBase
- FishBase. 2006.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3855210
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-31736
- Fishbase Species ID: 6228
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 165863
- IUCN ID: 1117
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCNB11010
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 714
