Cyprinodon variegatus

Cyprinodon variegatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Cyprinodontoidei

Familia: Cyprinodontidae
Subfamilia: Cyprinodontinae
Genus: Cyprinodon
Species: Cyprinodon variegatus
Subspecies: C. v. baconi – C. v. ovinus – C. v. variegatus

Name

Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepède, 1803

Type specimen: No types known.

Type locality: Carolinas, U.S.A.

Synonymy

• Lebia ellipsoidea Lesueur, 1821
  • Cyprinodon ellipsoidea (Lesueur, 1821)
• Lebias rhomboidalis Valenciennes, 1821
  • Cyprinodon rhomboidalis (Valenciennes, 1821)
• Cyprinodon gibbosus Baird & Girard, 1853

References

• Lacepède, B.G.E. 1803. Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 5: i–lxviii + 1–803 + index, Pls. 1–21. BHL Reference page. 
• Robins, C.R., Ray, G.C., Douglass, J. & Freund, R. 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. The Peterson Field Guide Series. Boston. 1986: 1–354.

Links

• Cyprinodon variegatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on August 15, 2014.
• Cyprinodon variegatus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.