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• Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
  • Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
    • Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
      • Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
        • Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
          • Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
            • Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
              • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
                • Superclass: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880
                  • Class: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880
                    • Subclass: Actinopterygii ()
                      • Infraclass: Actinopteri ()
                        • Cohort: Clupeocephala ()
                          • Superorder: Acanthopterygii ()
                            • Order: Cyprinodontiformes () - Berg, 1940
                              • Family: Goodeidae () - Jordan, 1923
                                • Subfamily: Goodeinae ()
                                  • Genus: Ameca () - R.R. Miller & J.M. Fitzsimons, 1971
                                    • Specific name: splendens - Miller and Fitzsimons, 1971
                                      • Scientific name: - the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
                                      • Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Name Status: Accepted Name .
                                        
                                        Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 28-Jul-1994

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                                        Members of the genus Ameca

                                        ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:

                                        A. splendens (Butterfly Splitfin)

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                                        Further Reading

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                                        • 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 105.
                                        • An evaluation of Seth E. Meek's contributions to Mexican ichthyology / Robert Rush Miller. 69 1976 [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History, 1976. url p. 30.
                                        • Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1971- url p. 99.
                                        • General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. url p. 94.
                                        • Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 18 1977 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 335.

                                        Notes

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                                        Contributors

                                        • American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
                                        • Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
                                        • Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
                                        • Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. 1996. Ameca splendens. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
                                        • Contreras-Balderas, S. and Almada-Villela, P. 1996. Ameca splendens. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
                                        • FishBase
                                        • FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
                                        • FishBase. 2006.
                                        • IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
                                        • Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

                                        Identifiers

                                        • Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 119700
                                        • Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-31736
                                        • Fishbase Species ID: 6228
                                        • Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13822116
                                        • Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 165863
                                        • IUCN ID: 190444
                                        • Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCNB11010
                                        • Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 714

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