Priorities for Captive Maintenance
of Mexican Goodeids
| This is the list of Goodeids and their status in the wild, as presented by John Lyons at the 2003 ALA convention. John is also creating a data base of captive species. Please print or copy and paste into an email John Lyon's Form for Captive Populations of Goodeids, record your fish and return to John Lyons His address and email are listed on the form. |
Priorities for Captive Maintenance
of Mexican Goodeids
John Lyons
April 2003
Extinct in the Wild:
| Skiffia francesae | Zoogoneticus tequila |
Critically Endangered:
| Allodontichthys polylepis | Allotoca maculata
| | Allotoca meeki | Allotoca zacapuensis |
| Ameca splendens | Ataeniobius toweri |
| Chapalichthys paradilis | Chapalichthys peraticus |
| Characodon audax | Characodon lateralis |
| Girardinichthys viviparus | Hubbsina turneri |
| Neotoca (Skiffia) bilineata | Neophoorus (Allotoca) regalis |
| Xenoophorus captivus | |
Endangered:
| Allodontichthys hubbsi | Allotoca dugesii
| | Allotoca goslinei | Skiffia lermae |
| Skiffia multipunctata | Xenotoca eiseni |
Threatened:
| Allotoca diazi | Girardinichthys multiradiatus |
Vulnerable:
| Allodontichthys tamazulae | Allodontichthys zonistius
| | Alloophorus robustus | Allotoca catarinae |
| Goodea gracilis (=atripinnis?) | Ilyodon cortesae |
| Ilyodon whitei | Xenotaenia resolanae |
| Xenotoca melanosoma | Zoogoneticus quitzeoensis |
Relatively Secure:
| Goodea atripinnis | Ilyodon furcidens |
| Xenotoca variata | |
Note: Status categories are not official Mexican government designations, but are taken from Domingúez-Domingúez, O., N. Mercado-Silva, and J. Lyons. 2003. Conservation status of
Mexican goodeids: Problems, perspectives, and solutions. In press, Proceedings of the International Livebearer Conference.
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