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Astyanax jordani is a freshwater fish of the characin family (family Characidae) of order Characiformes, native to Mexico. [3] [4] It is sometimes called the cave tetra, or by its local Spanish name sardina ciega. A blind cave fish, A. jordani is very closely related to the Mexican tetra (A. mexicanus) and their taxonomy is disputed.
Astyanax bacalarensis, sometimes referred to as the Bacalar tetra, is a small species of freshwater fish found in Central and South America. Its scientific and common names both refer to its type locality, Lake Bacalar in Mexico, and it further inhabits freshwater environments like cenotes, streams, and wetlands. Its widespread nature, paired ...
Goodeidae is a family of teleost fish endemic to Mexico and some areas of the United States. Many species are known as splitfins. This family contains about 50 species within 18 genera. [2] [3] The family is named after ichthyologist George Brown Goode (1851–1896). [4] The earliest fossil goodeid is Tapatia, a goodeine from the middle Miocene of
Mexican native trout (in Spanish "Truchas Mexicanas")—Mexican rainbow trout, sometimes Baja rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss nelsoni) and Mexican golden trout (Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)—occur in the Pacific Ocean tributaries of the Baja California peninsula and in the Sierra Madre Occidental of northwestern Mexico as far south as Victoria de Durango in the state of Durango.
The Baja California rainbow trout or San Pedro Martir trout or Nelson's trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss nelsoni) is a localized subspecies of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), a freshwater fish in the family Salmonidae. Baja California rainbow trout is one of many species of Mexican native trout.
The popoche chub (Algansea popoche) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Algansea of the family Cyprinidae. [2] It is endemic to the Lake Chapala and nearby sections of associated rivers in Jalisco of west-central Mexico. [3] This is a relatively large omnivorous species of Algansea at up to 23 cm (9.1 in) long. [3]