Chirostoma charari, the least silverside, is a species of neotropical silverside endemic to Mexico.[2] This species has only been found in a spring in the Lake Cuitzeo basin on the Mesa Central of the Mexican Plateau. It has a longer head and jaw, as well as larger teeth and eyes than other Chirostoma species.[3] Its status is rated as Critically Endangered by the IUCN, and may possibly be extinct.
| Chirostoma charari | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Atherinopsidae |
| Genus: | Chirostoma |
| Species: | C. charari
|
| Binomial name | |
| Chirostoma charari de Buen, 1945
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
References
edit- ^ Mercado Silva, N.; Espinosa Pérez, H. (2019). "BChirostoma charari. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T191131A1970680". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191131A1970680.en. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ Burkhead, Noel M (September 2012). "Extinction Rates in North American Freshwater Fishes, 1900–2010" (PDF). BioScience. 62 (9): 798–808. doi:10.1525/bio.2012.62.9.5. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ Barbour, Clyde D (28 August 1973). "A Biogeographical History of Chirostoma (Pisces: Atherinidae): A Species Flock from the Mexican Plateau". Copeia. 1973 (3): 533–556. doi:10.2307/1443118. JSTOR 1443118.
 | This Atheriniformes article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |