''Allodontichthys'' is a

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of splitfins,

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the Tuxpan (Coahuayana),

Armería Armería is a municipality in the south-central part of the Mexican state of Colima. Ciudad de Armería is a city and the seat of Armería municipality. The municipality reported 29,599 inhabitants in the 2015 census and has an area of 341.60 ...

and

Ameca Ameca may refer to: Biology * Ameca (fish), ''Ameca'' (fish), a monotypic ray-finned fish genus in the family Goodeidae, with the only species ''Ameca splendens'' Places in Mexico *Ameca, Jalisco, a city and municipality in central Jalisco *Chiefd ...

river basins in Colima and

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

, west–central Mexico.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: * '' Allodontichthys hubbsi''

R. R. Miller Robert Rush Miller (April 23, 1916 – February 10, 2003) "was an important figure in American ichthyology and conservation from 1940 to the 1990s." He was born in Colorado Springs, earned his bachelor's degree at University of California, Berke ...

& Uyeno, 1980 (Whitepatched splitfin) * ''

Allodontichthys polylepis ''Allodontichthys'' is a genus of splitfins, endemic to the Tuxpan (Coahuayana), Armería and Ameca river basins in Colima and Jalisco, west–central Mexico. Species There are currently four recognized species in this genus: * '' Allodontich ...

'' Rauchengerger, 1988 (Finescale splitfin) * '' Allodontichthys tamazulae'' C. L. Turner, 1946 (Tuxpan splitfin) * ''

Allodontichthys zonistius ''Allodontichthys'' is a genus of splitfins, endemic to the Tuxpan (Coahuayana), Armería and Ameca river basins in Colima and Jalisco, west–central Mexico. Species There are currently four recognized species in this genus: * '' Allodontich ...

'' ( C. L. Hubbs, 1932) (Bandfin splitfin)

References

Goodeinae Freshwater fish of Mexico Endemic fish of Mexico Natural history of Colima Natural history of Jalisco Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Carl Leavitt Hubbs Ray-finned fish genera {{Cyprinodontiformes-stub