The spottail chub (Algansea tincella) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, endemic to the LermaChapala basin and upper Santa Maria (Tampoán) system in west-central Mexico.[2][3][4] Populations of the Ameca River basin were formerly included in this species, but are now recognized as A. amecae.[3]

Spottail chub
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Algansea
Species:
A. tincella
Binomial name
Algansea tincella
(Valenciennes, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Algansea affinis Regan, 1907
  • Algansea alvarezi Romero, 1967
  • Algansea dugesi Bean, 1892
  • Algansea paratincella Alvarez, 1963
  • Algansea rubescens Meek, 1902
  • Algansea stigmatura Regan, 1907
  • Leuciscus tincella Valenciennes, 1854
  • Zophendum australe Jordan, 1880[1]

There are some minor local variations in the appearance of A. tincella, but they all have a dark spot at the base of the tail. The species generally is about 5–11.5 cm (2.0–4.5 in) in standard length.[3]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Algansea tincella (Valenciennes, 1854)". Biolib.cz. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Algansea tincella". FishBase. October 2015 version.
  3. ^ a b c Pérez-Rodríguez, R.; G. Pérez-Ponce de León; O. Domínguez-Domínguez; I. Doadrio (2009). "A new species of Algansea (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) from the Ameca River basin, in Central Mexico". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 80: 483–490. doi:10.22201/ib.20078706e.2009.002.609.
  4. ^ Pérez-Rodríguez, R.; O. Domínguez-Domínguez; G. Pérez-Ponce de León; I. Doadrio (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of the genus AlganseaGirard (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) of central Mexico inferred from molecular data". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9: 223. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-223. PMC 2759940. PMID 19735558.