Validity and redescription of Profundulus balsanus Ahl, 1935 (Cyprinodontiformes: Profundulidae)
By Jamangapé O, José A, Ernesto Velázquez-Velázquez, Emilio Martínez-Ramirez, Manuel J. Anzueto-Calvo, Eyda L. Gomez, Sara E. Dominguez-Cisneros, Caleb D. Mcmahan, Wilfredo A. Matamoros
Zootaxa, 4173(1):055-065 03-Oct-2016. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4173.1.5
" Profundulus balsanus was described by Ahl in 1935 and later placed in synonymy with P. punctatus. Recent molecular studies have demonstrated that specimens identified as P. balsanus belong to a distinct taxon. Herein we used a combination of morphometric, meristic, coloration and osteological data in order to demonstrate the distinctiveness of P. balsanus. Additionally, we used molecular data to reconstruct a phylogeny to place P. balsanus in a systematic context. Profundulus balsanus belongs to the punctatus clade within the genus Profundulus. It can be distinguished from P. oaxacae based on scale count in the lateral line and from P. punctatus based on differences in coloration in the anal fin. We provide a taxonomic key to all Mexican species of Profundulus "
Classification: Taxonomy and phylogeny.
Language: English
Reference in bibliography for species (7)
Name substitutions
- Profundulus balsanus referred to as Profundulus punctatus [p. 57].
- Profundulus candalarius referred to as Tlaloc candalarius [p. 62].
- Profundulus hildebrandi referred to as Tlaloc hildebrandi [p. 62].
- Profundulus labialis referred to as Tlaloc labialis [p. 62].
- Profundulus parentiae referred to as Profundulus balsanus.
Jamangapé O, José A & Ernesto Velázquez-Velázquez, Emilio Martínez-Ramirez, Manuel J. Anzueto-Calvo, Eyda L. Gomez, Sara E. Dominguez-Cisneros, Caleb D. Mcmahan, Wilfredo A. Matamoros. 2016. "Validity and redescription of Profundulus balsanus Ahl, 1935 (Cyprinodontiformes: Profundulidae)". Zootaxa. 4173(1):055-065. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4173.1.5 (ffm01081) (abstract)