Goodea_luitpoldii

<i>Goodea luitpoldii</i>

Goodea luitpoldii

Species of fish

Goodea luitpoldii, the green goodea, is a species of killifish from the family Goodeidae which is endemic to the drainage basin of the Lerma River and the Grande de Santiago River in Mexico.[1] This species was Species description described as Characodon luitpoldii by the Franz Steindachner in 1894 with the type locality given as Lake Pátzcuaro in Michoacán.[2] The identity of the person honoured in its specific name is unknown but it is thought likely to be Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821-1912) whose daughter, Princess Therese of Bavaria (1850-1925) was an explorer and amateur naturalist and she collected the type.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Goodea lutipoldii" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  2. [2]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Characodon luitpoldii". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  3. [3]
    Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 April 2019). "Order Cyprinodontiformes: Families Pantanodontidae, Cyprinodontidae, Profundulidae, Goodeidae, Fundulidae and Fluviphylacidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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