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Genus of fishes

Carlhubbsia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Tribe: Girardini
Genus: Carlhubbsia
Whitley, 1951
Type species
Allophallus kidderi
Hubbs, 1936

Carlhubbsia is a genus of poeciliids native to Guatemala and Mexico. The name of this genus honours the American ichthyologist Carl Leavitt Hubbs (1894-1979) who originally named the genus Allophallus, a name which was preoccupied by a genus of Diptera.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Carlhubbsia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  2. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Carlhubbsia". FishBase. August 2012 version.
Taxon identifiers
Carlhubbsia


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