''Ilyodon'' is a genus of
splitfins found in the Pacific slope river basins of
Balsas,
Tuxpan (Coahuayana),
Purificación,
Chacala (Marabasco),
Armería
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and
Ameca Ameca may refer to:
Biology
* Ameca (fish), ''Ameca'' (fish), a monotypic ray-finned fish genus in the family Goodeidae, with the only species ''Ameca splendens''
Places in Mexico
*Ameca, Jalisco, a city and municipality in central Jalisco
*Chiefd ...
in western Mexico.
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus according to
FishBase
FishBase is a global species database of fish species (specifically finfish). It is the largest and most extensively accessed online database on adult finfish on the web. ,
but only ''I. furcidens'' and ''I. whitei'' are indisputably valid (the remaining are then considered variants of those two).
* ''
Ilyodon cortesae''
Paulo-Maya & Trujillo-Jiménez, 2000 (Freckled Splitfin)
* ''
Ilyodon furcidens''
( D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Goldbreast Splitfin)
* ''
Ilyodon lennoni
''Ilyodon lennoni'', the Chacambero splitfin, is a species of splitfin endemic to Mexico. This species grows to a length of TL. It has been considered to be a junior synonym of '' I. whitei'', but is currently considered to be a valid specie ...
''
M. K. Meyer & W. Förster, 1983 (Chacambero Splitfin)
* ''
Ilyodon whitei''
(Meek
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Meekness has been contrasted with humility alone insomuch as humility simply refers to an attitude towards o ...
, 1904) (Balsas Splitfin)
* ''
Ilyodon xantusi''
C. L. Hubbs & C. L. Turner, 1939 (Limones Splitfin)
References
Goodeinae
Freshwater fish genera
Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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