Grundulus
| Grundulus | |
|---|---|
| G. bogotensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Grundulinae |
| Genus: | Grundulus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846[1] |
| Type species | |
| Poecilia bogotensis | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Grundulus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins.[1] The fishes in this genus are found in Colombia and Ecuador in South America. A biogeographical analysis in 2010 found they are endemic to coldwater lakes of glacial origin in the northern Andes mountain range.[2]
Species
There are currently three described species:[3]
- Grundulus bogotensis (Humboldt, 1821)
- Grundulus cochae Román-Valencia, Paepke & Pantoja, 2003
- Grundulus quitoensis Román-Valencia, Ruiz-Calderón & Barriga, 2005
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Grundulus". FishBase. October 2011 version.
- ^ a b c d Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Grundulinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ^ CÉSAR ROMÁN-VALENCIA; JAMES A. VANEGAS-RÍOS & RAQUEL I. RUIZ-C. (2010) [30 April 2009]. "Phylogenetic and biogeographic study of the Andean genus Grundulus (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae)". Vertebrate Zoology. 60 (2): 107–122. doi:10.3897/vz.60.e30997. ISSN 1864-5755.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Grundulus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 April 2025.