Biology:Girardinus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Girardinus | |
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| Metallic livebearer (G. metallicus) | |
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| Smallfinger topminnow (G. microdactylus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Tribe: | Girardini |
| Genus: | Girardinus Poey, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Girardinus metallicus Poey, 1854[1]
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Girardinus is a genus of poeciliids native to Cuba. The name of this genus honours the French zoologist Charles Frédéric Girard (1822-1895) for his work on the freshwater fish of North America.[2]
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Girardinus creolus Garman, 1895 (Creole topminnow)
- Girardinus cubensis (C. H. Eigenmann, 1903) (Cuban topminnow)
- Girardinus denticulatus Garman, 1895 (Toothy topminnow)
- Girardinus falcatus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1903) (Goldbelly topminnow)
- Girardinus metallicus Poey, 1854 (Metallic livebearer)
- Girardinus microdactylus Rivas, 1944 (Smallfinger topminnow)
- Girardinus uninotatus Poey, 1860 (Singlespot topminnow)
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Girardinus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=2255.
- ↑ "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 26 October 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes4/. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Girardinus in FishBase. August 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q135260 entry
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