Ilyodon whitei
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The Balsas Splitfin is a species of fish
in the Goodeidae
family. It is endemic to Mexico
.
It includes the Chacambero Splitfin or Lennon's Splitfin (named after John Lennon
), formerly treated as distinct species I. lennoni. It is not clear, however, whether it is a color morph or a distinct subspecies
, or in fact a cryptic species complex
.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Goodeidae
Goodeidae
Splitfins, are a family, Goodeidae, of teleost fish endemic to Mexico and some areas of the United States. This family contains 40 species within 18 genera. The family is named after ichthyologist George Brown Goode.-Range and Geographic Distribution:...
family. It is endemic to Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
.
It includes the Chacambero Splitfin or Lennon's Splitfin (named after John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
), formerly treated as distinct species I. lennoni. It is not clear, however, whether it is a color morph or a distinct subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
, or in fact a cryptic species complex
Cryptic species complex
In biology, a cryptic species complex is a group of species which satisfy the biological definition of species—that is, they are reproductively isolated from each other—but whose morphology is very similar ....
.
Source
- Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. 1996.
- Ilyodon whitei.
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.