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Profundulidae
Profundulidae is a family of killifishes. The species of this family are native to Central America and Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar .... Genera The family consists of two genera: * '' Profundulus'' Hubbs, 1924 * '' Tlaloc'' Álvarez & Carranza, 1951 References External links * * Percomorpha families Taxa named by Jacobus Johannes Hoedeman {{Cyprinodontiformes-stub ...
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Profundulus
''Profundulus'' is a genus of fish in the family Profundulidae endemic to Mexico and northern Central America. It was regarded as the only genus in the Profundulidae but workers have split the genus and raised a second genus '' Tlaloc''. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * '' Profundulus adani'' Sara E. Dominguez-Cisneros, 2021 * '' Profundulus balsanus'' C. G. E. Ahl, 1935 (Balsas killifish) Jamangapé O, J.A., Velázquez-Velázquez, E., Martínez-Ramirez, E., Anzueto-Calvo, M.J., Gomez, E.L., Dominguez-Cisneros, S.E., McMahan, C.D. & Matamoros, W.A. (2016)Validity and Redescription of ''Profundulus balsanus'' Ahl, 1935 (Cyprinodontiformes: Profundulidae).''Zootaxa, 4173 (1): 55–65.'' * '' Profundulus candalarius'' Hubbs, 1924 (Headwater killifish) * '' Profundulus chimalapensis'' Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores, Eduardo López-Segovia & Tao Hernández-Arellano, 2020Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores, Eduardo López-Segovia & Tao Hernández-Arellan ...
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Tlaloc (fish)
''Tlaloc'' is a genus of fish in the family Profundulidae endemic to Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.Morcillo, F., Ornelas-García, C.P., Alcaraz, L., Matamoros, W.A. & Doadrio, I. (2015): Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the Mesoamerican endemic freshwater fish family Profundulidae (Cyprinodontiformes: Actinopterygii). ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 94 (Part. A): 242–251.'' The genus is not, however, recognised by Fishbase or in the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World. The genus is named for Tlaloc the water god of the Aztecs The Aztecs ( ) were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the .... Species As delineated in 2015 there are 4 recognized species in this genus: * '' Tlaloc candalarius'' ( C. L. Hubbs, 1924) (Headwater killifish) * '' Tlaloc hildebrandi'' ( R ...
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Profundulidae
Profundulidae is a family of killifishes. The species of this family are native to Central America and Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar .... Genera The family consists of two genera: * '' Profundulus'' Hubbs, 1924 * '' Tlaloc'' Álvarez & Carranza, 1951 References External links * * Percomorpha families Taxa named by Jacobus Johannes Hoedeman {{Cyprinodontiformes-stub ...
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Killifish
A killifish is any of various oviparous (egg-laying) cyprinodontiform fish, including families Aplocheilidae, Pantanodontidae, Cyprinodontidae, Fundulidae, Nothobranchiidae, Profundulidae, Aphaniidae and Valenciidae. All together, there are 1,270 species of killifish, the biggest family being Rivulidae, containing more than 320 species. As an adaptation to living in ephemeral waters, the eggs of most killifish can survive periods of partial dehydration. Many of the species rely on such a diapause, since the eggs would not survive more than a few weeks if entirely submerged in water. The adults of some species, such as ''Kryptolebias marmoratus'', can additionally survive out of the water for several weeks. Most killifish are small, measuring from , with the largest species growing to just under . The word ''killifish'' is of uncertain origin, but is likely to have come from the Dutch ''kil'' for a kill (small stream). Although killifish is sometimes used as an English eq ...
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Family (biology)
Family (, : ) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". The delineation of what constitutes a family—or whether a described family should be acknowledged—is established and decided upon by active taxonomists. There are not strict regulations for outlining or acknowledging a family, yet in the realm of plants, these classifications often rely on both the vegetative and reproductive characteristics of plant species. Taxonomists frequently hold varying perspectives on these descriptions, leading to a lack of widespread consensus within the scientific community ...
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Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually defined as consisting of seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Within Central America is the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot, which extends from southern Mexico to southeastern Panama. Due to the presence of several active geologic faults and the Central America Volcanic Arc, there is a high amount of seismic activity in the region, such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, which has resulted in death, injury, and property damage. Most of Central America falls under the Isthmo-Colombian cultural area. Before the Spanish expedition of Christopher Columbus' voyages to the Americas, hundreds of indigenous peoples made their homes in the area. From the year 1502 onwards, Spain ...
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Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), and is the List of countries by area, thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the List of countries by population, tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the Hispanophone#Countries, largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city, which ranks among the List of cities by population, most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Human presence in Mexico dates back to at least 8,000 BC. Mesoamerica, considered a cradle ...
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Carl Leavitt Hubbs
Carl Leavitt Hubbs (October 19, 1894 – June 30, 1979) was an American ichthyologist. Biography Early life Carl Leavitt Hubbs was born in Williams, Arizona, to Charles Leavitt and Elizabeth () Hubbs. His father had a wide variety of jobs (farmer, iron mine owner, newspaper owner). The family moved several times before settling in San Diego where he got his first taste of natural history. After his parents divorced in 1907, he lived with his mother, who opened a private school in Redondo Beach, California. His maternal grandmother Jane Goble Goss, one of the first female doctors, showed Hubbs how to harvest shellfish and other sea creatures. One of his teachers, impressed by Hubbs's abilities in science, recommended that he study chemistry at the University of Berkeley. The family moved once more to Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, George Bliss Culver, one of the many volunteers of David Starr Jordan, encouraged Hubbs to abandon his study of birds and instead to study fish, part ...
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Percomorpha Families
Percomorpha () is an extremely large and diverse clade of ray-finned fish. With more than 17,000 known species (including tuna, seahorses, gobies, cichlids, flatfish, wrasse, perches, anglerfish, and pufferfish) known from both marine and freshwater ecosystems, it is the most speciose clade of extant vertebrates. Evolution Percomorpha are the most diverse group of teleost fish today. Teleosts, and percomorphs in particular, thrived during the Cenozoic era. Fossil evidence shows that there was a major increase in size and abundance of teleosts immediately after the mass extinction event at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary ago. The oldest known percomorph fossils are of the early tetraodontiforms '' Protriacanthus'' and Cretatriacanthidae from the Santonian to Campanian of Italy and Slovenia. A higher diversity of early percomorphs is also known from the Campanian of Nardò, Italy, and these also show some level of diversification into modern orders, with representatives of ...
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