The Cuatro Ciénegas killifish (Lucania interioris; also known locally as the sardinilla de Cuatro Ciénegas)[2] is an endangered species[1] of fish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It is endemic to Cuatro Ciénegas in Mexico,[3] where it exists in severely fragmented habitats within the valley.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Fundulidae |
| Genus: | Lucania |
| Species: | L. interioris
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| Binomial name | |
| Lucania interioris C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1965
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References
edit- ^ a b c Espinosa-Perez, H.; Lambarri Martínez, C. (2019). "Lucania interioris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T12395A506299. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T12395A506299.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Page, L.M.; Espinoza-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Mandrak, N.M.; Mayden, R.L.; Nelson, J.S. (2013). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico (7th ed.). Bethesda, MD: American Fisheries Society.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lucania interioris". FishBase. April 2019 version.
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