Girardinus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes
Subordo: Cyprinodontoidei

Familia: Poeciliidae
Subfamilia: Poeciliinae
Tribus: Girardinini
Genus: Girardinus
Species (7): G. creolus – G. cubensis – G. denticulatus – G. falcatus – G. metallicus – G. microdactylus – G. uninotatus
Name

Girardinus Poey, 1854

Type species: Girardinus metallicus Poey, 1854
Fixation: Monotypy

References

Doadrio, I., Perea, S., Alcaraz, L., & Hernandez, N. (2009). Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the Cuban genus Girardinus Poey, 1854 and relationships within the tribe Girardinini (Actinopterygii, Poeciliidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50 (1): 16–30. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.014 Reference page.

Links

Girardinus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on January 24, 2015.
FishBase: all species in the genus Girardinus (excluding synonyms)

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". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Girardinus in FishBase. August 2012 version.