Ilyodon

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: Goodeidae
Subfamilia: Goodeinae
Genus: Ilyodon
Species: I. cortesae – I. furcidens – I. lennoni – I. whitei – I. xantusi
Name

Ilyodon Eigenmann, 1907

Gender: masculine

Type species: Ilyodon paraguayense Eigenmann, 1907, by original designation and monotypy.
Synonyms

Balsadichthys Hubbs, 1926

References

Eigenmann, C. H. (1907) The poeciliid fishes of Rio Grande do Sul and the La Plata Basin. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 32(1532): 425–433.

Links

Ilyodon – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Ilyodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Ilyodon in FishBase. August 2012 version.
"Taxonomy and Phylogeny". Goodeid Working Group. Retrieved 23 September 2018.