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Tamazula Redtail Splitfin
Xenotoca lyonsi
Xenotoca lyonsi, the Tamazula redtail splitfin, is a bony fish species in the goodeid family. Until 2016 it was considered to be a variant of the redtail goodeid, Xenotoca eiseni. A 2016 study by Omar Dominguez-Dominguez, et al. split the redtail goodeid into three separate species: Xenotoca eiseni, Xenotoca doadrioi and Xenotoca lyonsi.
From the article Xenotoca lyonsi on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The fish is named in honor of the ichthyologist John Lyons, of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The IUCN lists Xenotaca lyonsi as critically endangered. Xenotoca lyonsi is endemic to the Coahuayana River drainage in Jalisco, Mexico. Xenotoca lyonsi reaches a standard length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in). Males are more colorful than females, with red caudal fin and caudal peduncle, and blue area in front of the red. Females are brownish or brownish grey, and sometimes have a horizontal dark band across the middle of the body.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 871121.