title: Diversity and status of Mexican killifishes.
abstract: The name killifish refers to the oviparous secondary freshwater fishes in the order Cyprinodontiformes. Killifishes are abundant in Mexico and are represented by four extant families, Rivulidae, Profundulidae, Fundulidae and Cyprinodontidae, comprising > 50 species in a wide variety of habitats. This paper reviews the current classification of the killifishes of Mexico, as well as aspects of their distribution, biology, ecology and current population conservation status.
authors: Laboratorio de Ictiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México. Ap. Postal 425 San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, 66450, México.
authors: M L
authors: ML
authors: Lozano-Vilano
authors: Pronatura Noreste, A. C., Loma Grande, 2623, Col. Loma Larga, Monterrey, Nuevo León, 64710, México.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: De La Maza-Benignos
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D004463:Ecology; D007695:Killifishes / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D008800:Mexico; D010802:Phylogeny; D011156:Population Density; D013045:Species Specificity
keywords: Cyprinodontidae; Fundulidae; Profundulidae; Rivulidae; conservation status; distribution; pupfishes