''Profundulus'' is a

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Profundulidae Profundulidae is a family of killifishes. The species of this family are native to Central America and Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is b ...

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. 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 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-Arellano; Profundulus chimalapensis, una nueva especie de pez ciprinodóntido (Cyprinodontiformes: Profundulidae) del Río Coatzacoalcos, México , https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/40340/44229 * '' Profundulus guatemalensis'' ( Günther, 1866) (Guatemalan killifish) * '' Profundulus hildebrandi'' Miller, 1950 (Chiapas killifish) * '' Profundulus kreiseri'' Matamoros, J. F. Schaefer, C. L. Hernández & Chakrabarty, 2012 (Kreiser's killifish) Matamoros, W.A., Schaefer, J.F., Hernández, C.L. & Chakrabarty, P. (2012)
''Profundulus kreiseri'', a new species of Profundulidae (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes) from northwestern Honduras.
''ZooKeys, 227: 49–62.'' * ''

Profundulus labialis ''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 ...

'' ( Günther, 1866) (Largelip killifish) * '' Profundulus mixtlanensis'' Ornelas-García, Martínez-Ramírez & Doadrio, 2015 Ornelas-García, C.P., Martínez-Ramírez, E. & Doadrio, I. (2015)
A new species of killifish of the family Profundulidae from the highlands of the Mixteca region, Mexico.
''Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 86 (4): 926–933.'' * '' Profundulus oaxacae'' (

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, 1902) * ''

Profundulus portillorum ''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 ...

'' Matamoros & Schaefer, 2010 * '' Profundulus punctatus'' ( Günther, 1866) (Oaxaca killifish)

References

Profundulidae Cyprinodontiformes Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Carl Leavitt Hubbs {{Cyprinodontiformes-stub