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: Skiffia
Species: S. bilineata – S. francesae – S. lermae – S. multipunctata
Name
Skiffia Meek, 1902
Gender: feminine
Type species: Skiffia lermae Meek, 1902, by original designation.
References
Bean, T.H. 1887: Description of five new species of fish sent by Prof A. Dugés from the province of Guanajuato, Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 10: 370 – 375
De la Vega-Salazar, M.Y., Avila-Luna, E. & Macías-García, C. 2003: Ecological evaluation of local extinction: the case of two genera of endemic Mexican fish, Zoogoneticus and Skiffia. Biodiversity and conservation 12: 2043 – 2056
Kingston, D.I. 1978: Skiffia francesae, a new species of Goodeid fish from Western Mexico. Copeia 3: 503 – 508
Langhammer, J.K. 1995: Skiffia francesae: A fish on the edge of tomorrow. Can we save it? Aquatic Survival: Bulletin of the Aquatic Conservation Network 4: Dec 1995.
Meek 1902: A contribution to the ichthyology of Mexico Field Columbian Museum. Zoology 6: 63 – 1128
Pellegrin, J. 1901: Poissons reguellis par M.L. Diguet, dans l’État de Jalisco (Mexique). Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Paris 7: 204 – 207
Skiffia is a genus of goodeid fish that contains four species, endemic to the Mesa Central area of west-central Mexico. They are restricted to the Lerma–Grande de Santiago, Ameca and Grande de Morelia river basins, including lakes Chapala, Pátzcuaro, Zirahuén and Cuitzeo. They inhabit stagnant or slow-moving waters such as lakes, ponds, channels and ditches, and prefer shallow depths.[1][2][3][4]
They typically have a limited tolerance to environmental degradation, and so are susceptible to anthropogenic disturbance. The exception to this is S. bilineata, which is comparatively more tolerant to eutrophication, turbidity and seasonal changes in environmental conditions.[5] All four Skiffia species face some conservation threat and have suffered local extinctions in more than 50% of areas studied where they were previously known to have existed.[5] S. lermae and S. bilineata are the most widely distributed of the genus, found over the states of Michoacán, Jalisco and Guanajuato. S. multipunctata has a restricted distribution in Michoacán and S. francesae has been declared extinct in the wild by the IUCN.[5][6] There is only one locality from which captive S. francesae stocks have been derived (Teuchitlán). Captive populations of S. francesae are maintained in a variety of locations by aquarium hobbyists, research institutes and zoos. The history of this particular species is unclear, but they are believed to have descended from one stock collected by Dr. R. Miller in 1976;[7] it appears that no other stocks descended from independent samples from this region.
They are small fish that generally reach a standard length between about 4 and 7 cm (1.6–2.8 in). Males are more colorful than females and have markings in yellowish or blackish.[1][2][3][4]
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus according to FishBase,[8] but S. bilineata is distinctive and some authorities prefer to place it in its own genus Neotoca.[4]
Skiffia bilineata (T. H. Bean, 1887) (Twoline skiffia)[9]
Skiffia francesae Kingston, 1978 (Golden skiffia)[10]
Skiffia lermae Meek, 1902 (Olive skiffia)[11]
Skiffia multipunctata (Pellegrin, 1901) (Spotted skiffia)[12]
References
"Skiffia francesae". Goodeid Working Group. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
"Skiffia lermae". Goodeid Working Group. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
"Skiffia multipunctata". Goodeid Working Group. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
"Neotoca bilineata". Goodeid Working Group. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
De la Vega-Salazar, M.Y.; Avila-Luna, E. & Macías-García, C. (2003). "Ecological evaluation of local extinction: the case of two genera of endemic Mexican fish, Zoogoneticus and Skiffia". Biodiversity and Conservation. 12 (10): 2043–2056. doi:10.1023/A:1024155731112. S2CID 22965812.
IUCN Red List - http://www.redlist.org
Langhammer, J.K. (1995) Skiffia francesae: A fish on the edge of tomorrow. Can we save it? Aquatic Survival: Bulletin of the Aquatic Conservation Network 4: Dec 1995.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Skiffia in FishBase. August 2012 version.
Bean, T.H. (1887) Description of five new species of fish sent by Prof A. Dugés from the province of Guanajuato, Mexico. Proc. US. Nat. Mus. 10: 370 – 375
Kingston, D.I. (1978) Skiffia francesae, a new species of Goodeid fish from Western Mexico. Copeia 3: 503 – 508
Meek. S.E. (1902) A contribution to the ichthyology of Mexico Field Columbian Museum. Zoology 6: 63 – 1128
Pellegin, J. (1901) Poissons reguellis par M.L. Diguet, dans l’État de Jalisco (Mexique). Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Paris 7: 204 – 207
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