Table 1. Status and trends of Mexican Goodeidae in the wild as of 2017 as determined by John Lyons. “Government” refers to the legal classification by the Mexican Federal government (NOM 2002), and “Lyons” refers to my recommended designation based on IUCN (2001) terminology and criteria.
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Conservation Status
----------------------------------- Trend Since
Species Government Lyons Late 1990’s
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Allodontichthys hubbsi None Endangered Stable
Allodontichthys polylepis None Critically Endangered Declining
Allodontichthys tamazulae None Vulnerable Stable
Allodontichthys zonistius None Vulnerable Stable?
Alloophorus robustus None Vulnerable Declining
Allotoca catarinae None Endangered Stable
Allotoca (Neoophorus) diazi Endangered Critically Endangered Declining
Allotoca dugesii Threatened Endangered Declining
Allotoca goslinei None Extinct in the wild? No records since 2004
Allotoca maculata None Critically Endangered Declining
Allotoca meeki None Critically Endangered Declining
Allotoca zacapuensis None Critically Endangered Stable
Ameca splendens Endangered Critically Endangered Stable?
Ataeniobius toweri Endangered Endangered Declining
Chapalichthys encaustus None Vulnerable Declining
Chapalichthys pardalis (peraticus) None Critically Endangered Stable
Characodon audax Threatened Critically Endangered Declining
Characodon garmani None Extinct No records since 1890’s
Characodon lateralis Endangered Critically Endangered Declining
Girardinichthys multiradiatus None Vulnerable Stable
Girardinichthys ireneae None Critically Endangered Declining
Girardinichthys (Hubbsina) turneri Endangered Extinct? No records since 1980’s
Girardinichthys viviparus Endangered Critically Endangered Stable?
Goodea atripinnis (luitpoldi/gracilis) None Least Concern Declining
Ilyodon furcidens (xantusi) None Least concern Declining
Ilyodon whitei (lennoni, cortesae) None Vulnerable Declining
Neoophorus (Allotoca) regalis None Critically Endangered Declining
Neotoca (Skiffia) bilineata Endangered Critically Endangered Declining
Skiffia francesae Extinct Extinct in the wild No records since 1970’s
Skiffia lermae Threatened Endangered Declining
Skiffia multipunctata None Endangered Declining
Xenoophorus captivus Endangered Critically Endangered Declining
Xenotaenia resolanae None Vulnerable Stable
Xenotoca doadrioi None Endangered Declining
Xenotoca eiseni None Endangered Declining
Xenotoca lyonsi None Endangered Declining
Xenotoca melanostoma None Vulnerable Stable
Xenotoca variata None Least Concern Declining
Zoogoneticus purhepechus None Endangered Declining
Zoogoneticus quitzeoensis Threatened Endangered Declining
Zoogoneticus tequila Extinct Extinct, but reintroduced Declining
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