TY - JOUR
T1 - Validity and Redescription of Profundulus balsanus Ahl, 1935 (Cyprinodontiformes: Profundulidae)
AU - Jamangapéo, José A.
AU - Velázquez-Velázquez, Ernesto
AU - Martínez-Ramirez, Emilio
AU - Anzueto-Calvo, Manuel J.
AU - Gomez, Eyda L.
AU - Dominguez-Cisneros, Sara E.
AU - Mcmahan, Caleb D.
AU - Matamoros, Wilfredo A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2016 Magnolia Press.
PY - 2016/10/3
Y1 - 2016/10/3
N2 - Profundulus balsanus was described by Ahl in 1935 and later placed in synonymy with P. punctatus. Recent molecular studies have demonstrated that specimens identified as P. balsanus belong to a distinct taxon. Herein we used a combination of morphometric, meristic, coloration and osteological data in order to demonstrate the distinctiveness of P. balsanus. Additionally, we used molecular data to reconstruct a phylogeny to place P. balsanus in a systematic context. Profundulus balsanus belongs to the punctatus clade within the genus Profundulus. It can be distinguished from P. oaxacae based on scale count in the lateral line and from P. punctatus based on differences in coloration in the anal fin. We provide a taxonomic key to all Mexican species of Profundulus.
AB - Profundulus balsanus was described by Ahl in 1935 and later placed in synonymy with P. punctatus. Recent molecular studies have demonstrated that specimens identified as P. balsanus belong to a distinct taxon. Herein we used a combination of morphometric, meristic, coloration and osteological data in order to demonstrate the distinctiveness of P. balsanus. Additionally, we used molecular data to reconstruct a phylogeny to place P. balsanus in a systematic context. Profundulus balsanus belongs to the punctatus clade within the genus Profundulus. It can be distinguished from P. oaxacae based on scale count in the lateral line and from P. punctatus based on differences in coloration in the anal fin. We provide a taxonomic key to all Mexican species of Profundulus.
KW - Fish systematics
KW - Meristic
KW - Southern Mexico
KW - Synonyms
KW - Taxonomy
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U2 - 10.11646/zootaxa.4173.1.5
DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4173.1.5
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1175-5326
VL - 4173
SP - 55
EP - 65
JO - Zootaxa
JF - Zootaxa
IS - 1
ER -