Holotype
Holotype of Cyprinodon ceciliae from the Ojo de Agua de La Presa de San Juan de Avilés, preserved (UANL 8287) in the collection of Facultad de Biologia, UANL, San Juan de Avilés, Galeana [Nuevo León]. Photo by Manuel Salazar González. (13-Feb-2020). determiner Arcadio Valdés González

Family
Cyprinodontidae

Genus
Cyprinodon


Last updated on:
18-Feb-2013

Cyprinodon ceciliae Lozano-Vilano & Contreras-Valderas, 1993

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Original description as Cyprinella ceciliae:

  • Lozano Vilano, María de Lourdes & S. Contreras-Balderas. 1993. "Four new species of Cyprinodon from southern Nuevo León, Mexico, with a key to the C. eximius complex (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae)". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. 4(4):295-308 (ffm00176)

Conservation: Cyprinodon ceciliae is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (EX) extinct (1996). Reported extinct in 1991 by Burkhead (2012).