Tetragonopterus mexicanus

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Astyanax mexicanus (Filippi, 1853)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Tetragonopterus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 24 species and subspecies in this genus:

T. abramis (Tetra) · T. affinis (Orangefin Characin) · T. alburnus (Tetra) · T. caudomaculatus (Tailspot Tetra) · T. collettii (Colletti Tetra) · T. dichrourus (Spot-Tailed Moenkhausia) · T. eigenmanniorum (Tetra) · T. guppyi (Mountain-Stream Sardine) · T. heterorhabdus (Belgian Flag Tetra) · T. huambonicus (Tetra) · T. interruptus (Uruguay Tetra) · T. longipinnis (Tetra) · T. mexicanus (Blind Cavefish) · T. multifasciatus (Silver-Tipped Tetra) · T. nigripinnis (Tetra) · T. ocellifer (Head-And-Tail-Light Tetra) · T. oligolepis (Redeye Tetra) · T. orbicularis (Disk Characin) · T. scabripinnis (Tetra) · T. schomburgkii (Black Band Myleus) · T. scleroparius (Creek Tetra) · T. spilurus (Silver Tetra) · T. taeniatus (Black Widow Tetra) · T. ulreyi (Ulrey's Tetra)

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Further Reading

• A bibliography of fishes, by Bashford Dean. .. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1916-1923. url p. 420.
• A contribution to the ichthyology of Mexico. 3 1902 Chicago, 1902. url p. 127, p. 127, p. 86, p. 86.
• Biologia centrali-americana. Pisces. [London, Pub. for the editor by R. H. Porter]1906-08. url , .
• Pamphlets on forestry. Fish and game. [1900?- url p. 335.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 345, p. 345.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 16 1893 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 55.
• Report of the Commissioner for. .. / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington: G.P.O., 1874-1905. url p. 267, p. 267.
• Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 96.
• The American Characidae / by Carl H. Eigenmann. 43 1921 Cambridge: Printed for the Museum, 1917-1929. url p. 307.
• The American Characidae By Carl H. Eigenmann. Cambridge, Printed for the Museum, 1917-29. url p. 307.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 71, p. 71.
• The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama / by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 1896-1900. url p. 335.
• The fresh-water fishes of Mexico north of the isthmus of Tehuantepec. Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1904. url , , , , , , p. 251, p. 251, p. 85, p. 85, p. xliv, p. xlvi, p.
• vi.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 173344
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4008931

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