| Tlaloc | |
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| Popoyote Tlaloc hildebrandi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Profundulidae |
| Genus: | Tlaloc J. Álvarez & Carranza, 1951 |
| Type species | |
| Tlaloc mexicanus, a synonym of Profundulus labialis Álvarez & Carranza 1951 | |
Tlaloc is a genus of fish in the family Profundulidae endemic to Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. The genus is not, however, recognised by Fishbase or in the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World. The genus is named for Tlaloc the water god of the Aztecs.
Species
As delineated in 2015 there are 4 recognized species in this genus:
- 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Profundulidae". 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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