Floridichthys
Genus of fishes
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Floridichthys is a genus of pupfishes native to the southeastern United States, Mexico and northern Central America. The name of this genus is a compound of Florida and the Greek for "fish", ichthys. The ichthyologist Carl Leavitt Hubbs thought that the genus was confined to Florida at the time he coined the name.[2]
| Floridichthys | |
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| Floridichthys polyommus at Laguna Bacalar, Mexico | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
| Genus: | Floridichthys C. L. Hubbs, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| Cyprinodon carpio Günther, 1866[1] | |
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Floridichthys carpio (Günther, 1866) (Goldspotted killifish)
- Floridichthys polyommus C. L. Hubbs, 1936 (Ocellated killifish)
