Cubanichthys
Sign in to saveCubanichthys is a small genus of pupfishes endemic to the Caribbean Islands of Cuba and Jamaica. The name of this genus is a compound of Cuba, where the genus was thought to be endemic until C. pengellyi was placed in the genus, and the Greek word for fish, ichthys.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCyprinodontiformes
- FamilyCyprinodontidae
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Cubanichthys is a small genus of pupfishes endemic to the Caribbean Islands of Cuba and Jamaica. The name of this genus is a compound of Cuba, where the genus was thought to be endemic until C. pengellyi was placed in the genus, and the Greek word for fish, ichthys.
==Species== There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Cubanichthys cubensis (C. H. Eigenmann, 1903) (Cuban killifish) Cubanichthys pengelleyi (Fowler, 1939) (Jamaican killifish)
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