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25-Oct-2021
Profundulus adani Dominguez-Cisneros, Velázquez-Velázquez, McMahan, Matamoros, 2021
25-Oct-2021 — A new species of Profundulus is described from Oaxaca
By Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
A new species of killifish in the genus Profundulus has been described in the journal Ichthyology & Herpetology 109(4):949–957 2021 by Sara E Dominguez-Cisneros, Ernesto Velázquez-Velázquez, Caleb D. McMahan, and Wilfredo A. Matamoros. The new species significantly extends the known distribution of Profundulus in the Atlantic slope of Mexico to the upper reaches of the Papaloapan drainage in Oaxaca [México], from which Profundulus until now wasn’t known. The new species has been given the name Profundulus adani, to honor the Mexican ichthyologist Adán E. Gómez González, who tragically passed away in January 2018. P. adani is diagnosed from all congeners by the absence of a humeral spot in individuals larger than 45 mm SL.
Dominguez-Cisneros, Sara E & Ernesto Velázquez-Velázquez, Caleb D. McMahan, Wilfredo A. Matamoros. 2021. "A new species of killifish of the genus Profundulus (Atherinomorpha: Profundulidae) from the upper reaches of the Papaloapan River in the Mexican state of Oaxaca". Ichthyology & Herpetology. 109(4):949–957 (ffm01006) (abstract)