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Ilyodon whitei

The Balsas splitfin is a species of fish in the family Goodeidae. It is endemic to Mexico where it occurs in the states of Morelos and Michoacán. This fish was formally described as Goodea whitei by Seth Eugene Meek in 1904 with the type locality given as Yautepec in Morelos. The specific name honours E. A. White of the Interoceanic Railway of Mexico for his interest in and support of Meek's work.

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Ilyodon whitei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Goodeidae
Genus: Ilyodon
Species:
I. whitei
Binomial name
Ilyodon whitei
(Meek, 1904)
Synonyms2
  • Goodea whitei Meek, 1904
  • Balsadichthys whitei (Meek, 1904)

The Balsas splitfin (Ilyodon whitei) is a species of fish in the family Goodeidae. It is endemic to Mexico where it occurs in the states of Morelos and Michoacán.2 This fish was formally described as Goodea whitei by Seth Eugene Meek in 1904 with the type locality given as Yautepec in Morelos.3 The specific name honours E. A. White of the Interoceanic Railway of Mexico for his interest in and support of Meek's work.4

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References

  1. Koeck, M. (2019). "Ilyodon whitei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T132521900A498826. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T132521900A498826.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ilyodon whitei". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Goodea whitei". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  4. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 April 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families PANTANODONTIDAE, CYPRINODONTIDAE, PROFUNDULIDAE, GOODEIDAE, FUNDULIDAE and FLUVIPHYLACIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.