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Girardinus
Metallic livebearer (G. metallicus)
Smallfinger topminnow (G. microdactylus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Tribe: Girardini
Genus: Girardinus
Poey, 1854
Type species
Girardinus metallicus
Poey, 1854 [1]

Girardinus is a genus of poeciliids native to Cuba. The name of this genus honours the French zoologist Charles Frédéric Girard (1822-1895) for his work on the freshwater fish of North America. [2]

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: [3]

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Girardinus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Girardinus in FishBase. August 2012 version.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Girardinus
Metallic livebearer (G. metallicus)
Smallfinger topminnow (G. microdactylus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Tribe: Girardini
Genus: Girardinus
Poey, 1854
Type species
Girardinus metallicus
Poey, 1854 [1]

Girardinus is a genus of poeciliids native to Cuba. The name of this genus honours the French zoologist Charles Frédéric Girard (1822-1895) for his work on the freshwater fish of North America. [2]

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: [3]

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Girardinus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Girardinus in FishBase. August 2012 version.

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