Goodeinae Explained

Goodeinae is a subfamily of splitfins from Mexico, part of the family Goodeidae.^[1] They are small fish which mostly live in fresh water, especially around Mesa Central, west of Mexico City. Members of the subfamily are also found in brackish water on both the east and west coasts. They typically have small ranges and many are seriously threatened (some already extinct). The subfamily takes its name from its type genus Goodea and so is ultimately named after the American ichthyologist George Brown Goode (1851-1896).^[2]

Genera

The following genera make up the subfamily Goodeinae:^[1]

• Allodontichthys C. L. Hubbs & C. L. Turner, 1939
• Alloophorus Hubbs & Turner, 1939
• Allotoca Hubbs & Turner, 1939
• Ameca R. R. Miller & Fitzsimons, 1971
• Ataeniobius Hubbs & Turner, 1939
• Chapalichthys Hubbs, 1926
• Characodon Günther, 1866
• Girardinichthys Bleeker, 1860
• Goodea Jordan, 1880
• Hubbsina de Buen, 1940
• Ilyodon Eigenmann, 1907
• Skiffia Meek 1902
• Xenoophorus Hubbs & Turner, 1939
• Xenotaenia Turner, 1946
• Xenotoca Hubbs & Turner, 1939
• Zoogoneticus Meek, 1902

External links

• . 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00257-4 . Molecular phylogeny of the livebearing Goodeidae (Cyprinodontiformes) . 2004 . Webb . Shane A. . Graves . Jefferson A. . Macias-Garcia . Constantino . Magurran . Anne E. . Foighil . Diarmaid Ó . Ritchie . Michael G. . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 30 . 3 . 527–44 . 15012937. 2004MolPE..30..527W .
• Goodeinae - goodeidae.us

Notes and References

1. Book: Fishes of the World . 5th . J. S. Nelson . T. C. Grande . M. V. H. Wilson . 2016 . 373 . Wiley . 978-1-118-34233-6 . 2019-09-18 . 2019-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190408194051/https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/ . dead .
2. Web site: Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families PANTANODONTIDAE, CYPRINODONTIDAE, PROFUNDULIDAE, GOODEIDAE, FUNDULIDAE and FLUVIPHYLACIDAE . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . 26 April 2019 . 17 September 2019 . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.