Profundulidae is a
family
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of
killifish
A killifish is any of various oviparous (egg-laying) cyprinodontiform fish (including families Aplocheilidae, Cyprinodontidae, Fundulidae, Profundulidae and Valenciidae). All together, there are 1,270 species of killifish, the biggest family ...
es.
The species of this family are native to
Central America
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and
Mexico
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.
Genera
The family consists of a single genus:
[
* '']Profundulus
''Profundulus'' is a genus of fish in the family Profundulidae endemic to Mexico and northern Central America. It was regarded as the only genus in the Profundulidae but workers have split the genus and raised a second genus '' Tlaloc''.
Sp ...
'' Hubbs, 1924
However, some workers raise an additional genus and place five of the nine species of ''Profundulus'' in the new genus '' Tlaloc''.Álvarez & Carranza, 1951
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Cyprinodontiformes
Ray-finned fish families
Taxa named by Jacobus Johannes Hoedeman
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