Holotype
Holotype of Cyprinodon inmemoriam, a preserved (UANL 8279) male in the fish collection of Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas de la UANL, from Ojo de Agua de La Trinidad, La Trinidad, Galeana [Nuevo León]. Photo by Manuel Salazar González. (13-Feb-2020). determiner Arcadio Valdés González

Last updated on:
20-Feb-2013

Cyprinodon inmemoriam Lozano-Vilano & Contreras-Valderas, 1993


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Original description as Cyprinodon inmemoriam:

  • 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 inmemoriam is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (EX) extinct (1996). The only known specimen was collected in March 17, 1984. Reported extinct in 1986 by Burkhead (2012).