Poblana

Poblana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinopsidae
Subfamily: Menidiinae
Tribe: Mendiniini
Genus: Poblana
F. de Buen, 1945
Type species
Poblana alchichica
F. de Buen, 1945

Poblana is a genus of Neotropical silversides that are endemic to Mexico, with each of the four threatened species restricted to a single Oriental Basin maar lake. They are small fish that do not surpass 8 cm (3 in) in standard length.

Species

FishBase recognizes four species in this genus, although genetic differences between them are very limited and some regard all as subspecies of P. alchichica. Poblana is sometimes included in Chirostoma instead of being regarded a separate genus.

References

  1. 1 2 Ceballos, G.; E.D. Pardo; L.M Estévez; H.E. Pérez, eds. (2016). Los peces dulceacuícolas de México en peligro de extinción. pp. 228–251, 435–436. ISBN 978-607-16-4087-1.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Poblana". FishBase. June 2012 version.
  3. ↑ Valdez-Moreno, M.; N.V. Ivanova; M. Elías-Gutierrez; S. Contreras-Balderas; P.D.N. Hebert (2009). "Probing diversity in freshwater fishes from Mexico and Guatemala with DNA barcodes". Journal of Fish Biology. 74 (2): 377–402. Bibcode:2009JFBio..74..377V. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02077.x. PMID 20735566.