Relict splitfin
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| Relict splitfin | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Goodeidae |
| Subfamily: | Goodeinae |
| Genus: | Xenoophorus C. L. Hubbs & C. L. Turner, 1939 |
| Species: | X. captivus
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenoophorus captivus (C. L. Hubbs, 1924)
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| Synonyms | |
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Goodea captiva Hubbs 1924 | |
The relict splitfin (Xenoophorus captivus) is a species of splitfin endemic to the Pánuco River system in Mexico. It feeds on algae. This species grows to up to 6 centimetres (2.4 in) in length.[2] It is found in the aquarium trade.[1] It is the only known member of its genus.[3]
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List endangered species
- Goodeinae
- Freshwater fish of Mexico
- Endemic fish of Mexico
- Pánuco River
- Natural history of San Luis Potosí
- Natural history of Tamaulipas
- Natural history of Veracruz
- Endangered fish
- Endangered biota of Mexico
- Endangered fauna of North America
- Fish described in 1924
- Taxa named by Carl Leavitt Hubbs
- Cyprinodontiformes stubs