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An adult of Astyanax mexicanus in Mante spring, Panuco drainage [Tamaulipas]. Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (15-Apr-2007). determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Characidae

Genus
Astyanax

Last updated on:
01-Mar-2013

Astyanax mexicanus (De Filippi, 1853)

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Original description as Tetragonopterus mexicanus:

ZooBank:2E6A902A-B178-4C1C-A945-E55C7E5BE8FE.

de Filippi, Filippo. 1853. "Nouvelles espèces de poissons". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. 2:164-171 (ffm00219)

Conservation: Astyanax mexicanus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2011).