Biology:Ilyodon

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Ilyodon
Ilyodon xantusi.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Goodeidae
Subfamily: Goodeinae
Genus: Ilyodon
C. H. Eigenmann, 1907
Type species
Ilyodon paraguayense, a synonym of Ilyodon furcidens
Eigenmann. 1907[1]

Ilyodon is a genus of splitfins found in the Pacific slope river basins of Balsas, Tuxpan (Coahuayana), Purificación, Chacala (Marabasco), Armería and Ameca in western Mexico.

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus according to FishBase,[2] but only I. furcidens and I. whitei are indisputably valid (the remaining are then considered variants of those two).[3]

  • Ilyodon cortesae Paulo-Maya & Trujillo-Jiménez, 2000 (Freckled Splitfin)
  • Ilyodon furcidens (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Goldbreast Splitfin)
  • Ilyodon lennoni M. K. Meyer & W. Förster, 1983 (Chacambero Splitfin)
  • Ilyodon whitei (Meek, 1904) (Balsas Splitfin)
  • Ilyodon xantusi C. L. Hubbs & C. L. Turner, 1939 (Limones Splitfin)

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Ilyodon". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=5399. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Ilyodon in FishBase. August 2012 version.
  3. "Taxonomy and Phylogeny". Goodeid Working Group. http://www.goodeidworkinggroup.com/classification. Retrieved 23 September 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q581062 entry