Ameca shiner explained

The Ameca shiner (Notropis amecae) is a species of cyprinid fish in the family Cyprinidae. The Ameca shiner was described in 1986^[1] from upper parts of the Ameca River drainage in Jalisco, Mexico.^[2] Although already feared extinct by 1969,^[2] and listed as such by the IUCN when rated in 1996, a tiny population was rediscovered in 2001.^{[3] [4]} Some were brought into captivity to form the basis of a breeding program. These have been used for a reintroduction project since 2015.^{[5] [6]}

Its closest relatives are the yellow shiner and the Durango shiner.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Chernoff, B.. Miller, R.R.. 1986. Fishes of the Notropis calientis complex with a key to the southern shiners of Mexico. Copeia. 1986. 1. 170–183. 10.2307/1444903. 1444903.
2. Miller. Robert R.. Williams. James D.. Williams. Jack E.. Extinctions of North American Fishes During the past Century. Fisheries. 1989. 14:6. 6. 22–38. 10.1577/1548-8446(1989)014<0022:EONAFD>2.0.CO;2. 2027.42/141989. free.
3. López-López, E. . J. Paulo-Maya . 2001 . Changes in the Fish Assemblages in the Upper Río Ameca, Mexico . Journal of Freshwater Ecology . 16 . 2 . 179–187 . 10.1080/02705060.2001.9663803 . 86593417 .
4. Jelks, H.L., S.J. Walsh, N.M. Burkhead, S. Contreras-Balderas, E. Díaz-Pardo, D.A. Hendrickson, J. Lyons, N.E. Mandrak, F. McCormick, J.S. Nelson, S.P. Platania, B.A. Porter, C.B. Renaud, J.J. Schmitter-Soto, E.B. Taylor and M.L. Warren Jr. (2008). Conservation status of imperiled North American freshwater and diadromous fishes. Fisheries 33(8): 372-407.
5. Web site: Zoogoneticus tequila . Goodeid Working Group . 27 September 2018 .
6. Web site: Mexico Fish Ark Project . Chester Zoo . 27 September 2018 . 28 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180928044254/https://www.chesterzoo.org/conservation-and-science/where-we-work/latin-america/mexico-fish-ark-project . dead .