The Highland splitfin (Hubbsina turneri) is a species of splitfin endemic to Mexico where it is found in the Lerma River basin. This species grows to a length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL. It is the only known member of its genus, although some authorities have Hubbina as a subgenus of Girardinichthys[3] and add Girardinichthys ireneae to the subgenus, even treating this taxon as a synonym of G. ireneae.[4] This species was described by Don Fernando de Buen y Lozano in 1940 with the type locality given as Cointzio, Michoacán.[5] The name of the genus honours the American ichthyologist Carl Leavitt Hubbs (1894-1979) while the specific name honours Clarence Lester Turner (1890-1969), thus honouring two ichthyologists who worked on a review of the Goodeidae in 1939.[6]

Hubbsina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Goodeidae
Genus: Hubbsina
F. de Buen, 1940
Species:
H. turneri
Binomial name
Hubbsina turneri
Synonyms[2]

Girardinichthys turneri (F. de Buen, 1940)

References

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  1. ^ Koeck, M. (2019). "Hubbsina turneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T132523146A497499. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T132523146A497499.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hubbsina Hubbsina turneri". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hubbsina". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  4. ^ Alfred C. Radda & Manfred K. Meyer (2003). "Description of Girardinichthys ireneae sp.n. from Zacapu, Michoacan, Mexico with remarks on the genera Girardinichthys BLEEKER, 1860 and Hubbsina DE BUEN, 1941 (Goodeidae, Pisces)" (PDF). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 104B: 5–9.
  5. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hubbsina turneri". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  6. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 April 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families PANTANODONTIDAE, CYPRINODONTIDAE, PROFUNDULIDAE, GOODEIDAE, FUNDULIDAE and FLUVIPHYLACIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 September 2019.