San Marcos Redtail Splitfin

Xenotoca doadrioi

Three Point Seven Centimeters Goodeid Fish from Central American Waters

Red
Tropical
Local endemic species
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
Fusiform
Small
Tropical fish

Xenotoca doadrioi or San Marcos redtail splitfin is a bony fish species in the goodeid family. Until 2016 it was considered to be a variant of the redtail goodeid, X. eiseni, sometimes referred to as the San Marcos variant. A 2016 study by Omar Dominguez-Dominguez, et al.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Killifishes and Livebearers
Family: Goodeidae
Genus: Xenotoca
Maximum length: 3.7 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Central America: endemic to the endorheic region of Etzatlan in Jalisco, Mexico.
Conservation status: CRCritically Endangered

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