Male in the aquarium
A male of Cyprinella alvarezdelvillari from Balneario La Concha, Mezquital drainage [Durango] in the aquarium of the Museum of Zoology of the University of Nuevo León [Nuevo león].Photo by Andreas Tveteraas. determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Cyprinidae

Genus
Cyprinella

Status
valid


Last updated on:
08-Jan-2013

Cyprinella alvarezdelvillari Contreras-Balderas & Lozano-Vilano, 1994

Carpita tepehuana; Tepehuan shiner.

Original description as Cyprinella alvarezdelvillari:

  • Contreras-Balderas, Salvador. 1994. "Cyprinella alvarezdelvillari, a new cyprinid fish from Río Nazas of México, with a key to the Lepida Clade". Copeia. v. 1994(n. 4), pp. 897-906 (ffm00104)

Conservation: Cyprinella alvarezdelvillari is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.

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