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Holotype of Chirostoma attenuatum stored in the Field Museum of Natural History [Chicago] with registration FMNH 3631. Reproduced here under licence CC0 1.0 Universal. Photo by anynomous .

Family
Atherinopsidae

Genus
Chirostoma

Last updated on:
05-Sep-2013

Chirostoma attenuatum Meek, 1902

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Original description as Chirostoma attenuatum:

ZooBank:42FE9506-678D-417E-873F-CDF8B925B5EF.

Meek, Seth Eugene. 1902. "A contribution to the ichthyology of Mexico". Field Columbian Museum Publication. 3(6):63-128 (ffm00269)

Synonyms (1):

Chirostoma samani Terron, 1931, with type locality at . Determiner: Reis et al., 2003
Chirostoma bartoni janitzio de Buen, 1940, with type locality at Lake Pátzcuaro, Mexico. Determiner: Reis et al., 2003

Sub-species:

Chirostoma attenuatum zirahuen (Meek, 1902)

Conservation: Chirostoma attenuatum is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (EN) endangered (2018).