Male in the aquarium
A male of Cyprinodon longidorsalis from Charco la Palma [Nuevo Leon] in the aquarium of the Natural History Museum of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León [Nuevo Leon]. This picture appears as plate 37 in Robert Miller's "Freshwater Fishes of Mexico" book. Photo by Andreas Tveteraas. (1991). determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Cyprinodontidae

Genus
Cyprinodon


Last updated on:
21-Feb-2013

Cyprinodon longidorsalis Lozano-Vilano & Contreras-Valderas, 1993

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Original description as Cyprinodon longidorsalis:

  • Lozano Vilano, María de Lourdes & S. Contreras-Balderas. 1993. "Four new species of Cyprinodon from southern Nuevo León, Mexico, with a key to the C. eximius complex (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae)". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. 4(4):295-308 (ffm00176)

Conservation: Cyprinodon longidorsalis is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (EW) extinct in the wild (1996).