| Xenotoca lyonsi | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
 Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Goodeidae |
| Genus: | Xenotoca |
| Species: | X. lyonsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Xenotoca lyonsi Domínguez-Domínguez, Bernal-Zuñiga & Piller, 2016 | |
Xenotoca lyonsi, the Tamazula 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. A 2016 study by Omar Dominguez-Dominguez, et al. split the redtail goodeid into three separate species: X. eiseni, X. doadrioi and X. lyonsi.
The IUCN lists Xenotaca lyonsi as critically endangered.
Xenotoca lyonsi is endemic to the Coahuayana River drainage in Jalisco, Mexico.
Xenotoca lyonsi reaches a standard length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in). Males are more colorful than females, with red caudal fin and caudal peduncle, and blue area in front of the red. Females are brownish or brownish grey, and sometimes have a horizontal dark band across the middle of the body.
References
- ^ Koeck, M. (2019). "Tamazula Redtail Splitfin". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T130988955A130988970. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- Domínguez-Domínguez, O.; Bernal-Zuñiga, D.M.; Piller, K.R. (2016). "Two new species of the genus Xenotoca Hubbs and Turner, 1939 (Teleostei, Goodeidae) from central-western Mexico". Zootaxa. 4189 (1): 81–98. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4189.1.3. PMID 27988757.
- "Xenotoca lyonsi". Fish Base. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ ""Xenotoca" lyonsi". Goodeid Working Group. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Xenotoca lyonsi | |