Tamazula Redtail Splitfin

Xenotoca lyonsi

Red
Tropical
Local endemic species
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
Small
Tropical fish

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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Killifishes and Livebearers
Family: Goodeidae
Genus: Xenotoca
Maximum length: 5.5 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Central America: endemic tothe Coahuayana River drainage in Jalisco, Mexico.
Conservation status: CRCritically Endangered

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