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Genus of fishes

Tampichthys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Tampichthys
Schönhuth, Doadrio, Domínguez-Domínguez, Hillis & Mayden, 2008
Type species
Notropis rasconis
Jordan & Snyder, 1899

Tampichthys is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to east–central Mexico. They are entirely restricted to the Pánuco River basin, except T. ipni which also occurs in some other Mexican rivers that drain into the Gulf of Mexico.

These are small fish, generally no more than 9 cm (3.5 in) long, and overall brownish-silvery with a distinct dark horizontal line from the head to the tail base.

Species

Tampichthys was formerly considered a part of Dionda instead of a separate genus. There are six described species in Tampichthys, but undescribed species are known.

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Tampichthys". FishBase. September 2018 version.
  2. ^ Schönhuth, S.; I. Doadrio; O. Dominguez-Dominguez; D.M. Hillis; R.L. Mayden (2008). "Molecular evolution of southern North American Cyprinidae (Actinopterygii), with the description of the new genus Tampichthys from central Mexico". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47 (2): 729–756. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.11.036.
Taxon identifiers
Tampichthys
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