Xenotoca
| Xenotoca | |
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Xenotoca eiseni
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Goodeidae |
| Subfamily: | Goodeinae |
| Genus: | Xenotoca C. L. Hubbs & C. L. Turner, 1939 |
| Type species | |
| Characodon variatus Bean, 1887[1]
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Xenotoca is a
standard length.[4]
Species
X. doadrioi was only scientifically described in 2016 (it was formerly considerec a variant of X. eiseni). Like the other "redtails", only the male has a red-orange tail
There are currently five recognized species in this genus,
butterfly goodeid, Ameca splendens.[8]
- Xenotoca doadrioi Domínguez-Domínguez, Bernal-Zuñiga & Piller, 2016 (San Marcos redtail splitfin)
- Xenotoca eiseni (Rutter, 1896) (Redtail splitfin)
- Xenotoca lyonsi Domínguez-Domínguez, Bernal-Zuñiga & Piller, 2016
- Xenotoca melanosoma Fitzsimons, 1972 (Black splitfin)
- Xenotoca variata (T. H. Bean, 1887) (Jeweled splitfin)
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Xenotoca". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Xenotoca eiseni". SeriouslyFish. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ PMID 27988757.
- ^ "Xenotoca variata". Goodeid Working Group. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Xenotoca in FishBase. August 2012 version.
- ^ ""Xenotoca" cf. melanosoma". Goodeid Working Group. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ ""Xenotoca" cf. variata". Goodeid Working Group. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- PMID 15012937. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
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