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Goodeidae
Sign in to saveGoodeidae is a family of teleost fish endemic to Mexico and some areas of the United States. Many species are known as splitfins. This family contains about 50 species within 18 genera. The family is named after ichthyologist George Brown Goode (1851–1896).
Species
splitfins
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCyprinodontiformes
- FamilyGoodeidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 79
- Family
- Goodeidae
- Collections
- MADUG-UG, MSUM, TCWC
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Image
- Ameca splendens male.JPG
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- Goodeidae
- taxon name
- Goodeidae
- taxon rank
- family
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- topic's main category
- Category:Goodeidae
- taxon common name
- splittfinner
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Distribution
- Physical information
- Conservation status
- Life cycle and evolution
- Genera
- References
Goodeidae is a family of teleost fish endemic to Mexico and some areas of the United States. Many species are known as splitfins. This family contains about 50 species within 18 genera. The family is named after ichthyologist George Brown Goode (1851–1896).
The earliest fossil goodeid is Tapatia, a goodeine from the middle Miocene of Mexico. The earliest fossil empetrichthyine is Empetrichthys erdisi from the Miocene or Pliocene of California.
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