Ilyodon whitei

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Family : Splitfins;

Critically Endangered

Common Names

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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

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Balsadichthys whitei (Meek, 1904)
2. Goodea whitei Meek, 1904
3. Ilydon whitei (Meek, 1904)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Similar Species

Members of the genus Ilyodon

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:

I. cortesae (Freckled Splitfin) · I. furcidens (Bass-Colored Goodeid) · I. lennoni (Chacambero Splitfin) · I. paraguayense · I. paraguayensis · I. whitei (Balsas Splitfin) · I. xantusi (Limones Splitfin)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Wischnath, L. (1993). Atlas of livebearers of the world. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., United States of America. 336 p.

Notes

Contributors

• 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. Ilyodon whitei. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• FishBase
• FishBase 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Matsuura, Keiichi (from FishBase).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9177427
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-113080
• Fishbase Species ID: 46435
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 647329
• IUCN ID: 10805
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6097

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