Xenotoca doadrioi
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Goodeidae
Genus: Xenotoca
Species:
X. doadrioi
Binomial name
Xenotoca doadrioi
Domínguez-Domínguez, Bernal-Zuñiga & Piller, 2016

Xenotoca doadrioi or San Marcos redtail splitfin is a bony fish species in the goodeid family. Until 2016 it was considered to be a variant of the redtail goodeid, X. eiseni, sometimes referred to as the San Marcos variant. A 2016 study by Omar Dominguez-Dominguez, et al. split the redtail goodeid into three separate species: X. eiseni, X. doadrioi and X. lyonsi.[2]

The IUCN lists Xenotaca doadrioi as critically endangered.[1]

X. doadrioi is endemic to the area around Etzatlán in Jalisco, Mexico.[3] It lives in ponds, springs and reservoirs, as well as seasonal streams connected to them.[3] In the wild, it primarily eats algae, aufwuchs, crustaceans and insect larvae.[4]

Females are larger than males, reaching a standard length of 4.7 centimetres (1.9 in).[3] Males reach a standard length of 3.7 centimetres (1.5 in). Males are more colorful than females, with orange to red on the caudal peduncle, and typically blue in front of the red and also an iridescent dark blotch near the pectoral fins.[4] Females are brownish, and often have dark blotches on the body.[4]

Besides coloration, X. doadrioi differs from X. eiseni and X. lyonsi in features such as the number of rays in certain fins and some scale counts.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Koeck, M. (2019). "Xenotoca doadrioi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T130988902A130988927. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  2. ↑ Domínguez-Domínguez, O.; Bernal-Zuñiga, D.M.; Piller, K.R. (2016). "Two new species of the genus Xenotoca Hubbs and Turner, 1939 (Teleostei, Goodeidae) from central-western Mexico". Zootaxa. 4189 (1): 81–98. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4189.1.3. PMID 27988757.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Xenotoca doadrioi". Fish Base. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  4. 1 2 3 ""Xenotoca" doadrioi". Goodeid Working Group. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
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