Profundulus

Profundulus is a genus of fish in the family Profundulidae endemic to Mexico and northern Central America.[2] According to many authorities, including Fishbase this is the only genus in the Profundulidae[3][2] but workers have split the genus and raised a second genus Tlaloc.[4]

Profundulus
Profundulus kreiseri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Profundulidae
Genus:	Profundulus C. L. Hubbs, 1924
Type species
Fundulus punctatus Günther, 1866[1]

Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:[2]

• Profundulus balsanus C. G. E. Ahl, 1935 (Balsas killifish) [5]
• Profundulus candalarius Hubbs, 1924 (Headwater killifish)
• Profundulus guatemalensis (Günther, 1866) (Guatemalan killifish)
• Profundulus hildebrandi Miller, 1950 (Chiapas killifish)
• Profundulus kreiseri Matamoros, J. F. Schaefer, C. L. Hernández & Chakrabarty, 2012 (Kreiser's killifish) [6]
• Profundulus labialis (Günther, 1866) (Largelip killifish)
• Profundulus mixtlanensis Ornelas-García, Martínez-Ramírez & Doadrio, 2015 [7]
• Profundulus oaxacae (Meek, 1902)
• Profundulus portillorum Matamoros & Schaefer, 2010
• Profundulus punctatus (Günther, 1866) (Oaxaca killifish)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Profundulus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Profundulus in FishBase. June 2016 version.
3. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 372. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
4. Morcillo, F.; Ornelas-García, C.P.; Alcaraz, L.; Matamoros, W.A. & Doadrio, I. (2015). "Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the Mesoamerican endemic freshwater fish family Profundulidae (Cyprinodontiformes: Actinopterygii)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94 (Part. A): 242–251. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.09.002. PMID 26364972.
5. Jamangapé O, J.A., Velázquez-Velázquez, E., Martínez-Ramirez, E., Anzueto-Calvo, M.J., Gomez, E.L., Dominguez-Cisneros, S.E., McMahan, C.D. & Matamoros, W.A. (2016): Validity and Redescription of Profundulus balsanus Ahl, 1935 (Cyprinodontiformes: Profundulidae). Zootaxa, 4173 (1): 55–65.
6. Matamoros, W.A., Schaefer, J.F., Hernández, C.L. & Chakrabarty, P. (2012): Profundulus kreiseri, a new species of Profundulidae (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes) from northwestern Honduras. ZooKeys, 227: 49–62.
7. Ornelas-García, C.P., Martínez-Ramírez, E. & Doadrio, I. (2015): A new species of killifish of the family Profundulidae from the highlands of the Mixteca region, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 86 (4): 926–933.