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: Profundulidae
Genus: Tlaloc
Species: T. mexicanus
Name
Tlaloc Álvarez & Carranza, 1951
Typus: Tlaloc mexicanus Álvarez & Carranza, 1951
Etymology: named after Tlaloc (Classical Nahuatl: Tlāloc [ˈtɬaːlok]), an important deity in Aztec religion; as supreme god of the rains, he was also by extension a god of fertility and of water.
References
Álvarez, J. & Carranza, J. 1951. Descripcion de un genero y especie nuevos de peces Ciprinodontidos procedentes de Chiapas (Mexico). Ciencia (Mexico City) 11 (1–2): 40–42. Reference page.
Morcillo, F., Ornelas-García, C.P., Alcaraz, L., Matamoros, W.A. & Doadrio, I. 2015 [January 2016]. Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the Mesoamerican endemic freshwater fish family Profundulidae (Cyprinodontiformes: Actinopterygii). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Vol. 94, Part A, pp. 242–251. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.09.002 Reference page.
Tlaloc is a genus of fish in the family Profundulidae endemic to Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.[2] The genus is not, however, recognised by Fishbase[3] or in the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World.[4][3] The genus is named for Tlaloc the water god of the Aztecs.[5]
Species
As delineated in 2015 there are 4 recognized species in this genus:[2]
Tlaloc candalarius (C. L. Hubbs, 1924) (Headwater killifish)
Tlaloc hildebrandi (R. R. Miller, 1950) (Popoyote or Chiapas killifish)
Tlaloc labialis (Günther, 1866) (Large-lip killifish)
Tlaloc portillorum (Matamoros & J. F. Schaefer, 2010) (Ulúan killifish)
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Profundulidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
Morcillo, F., Ornelas-García, C.P., Alcaraz, L., Matamoros, W.A. & Doadrio, I. (2015): Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the Mesoamerican endemic freshwater fish family Profundulidae (Cyprinodontiformes: Actinopterygii). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 94 (Part. A): 242–251.
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2015). "Profundulidae" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 372. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
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. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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