Chirostoma charari

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Chirostoma charari

Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinopsidae
Genus: Chirostoma
Species:
C. charari
Binomial name
Chirostoma charari
de Buen, 1945
Synonyms
  • Eslopsarum bartoni charari

Chirostoma charari, the least silverside, is a species of neotropical silverside endemic to Mexico.[2] This species has only been found in a spring in the Lake Cuitzeo basin on the Mesa Central of the Mexican Plateau. It has a longer head and jaw, as well as larger teeth and eyes than other Chirostoma species.[3] Its status is rated as Critically Endangered by the IUCN, and may possibly be extinct.

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