| Family: |
Leuciscidae (Minnows), subfamily: Pogonichthyinae |
| Max. size: |
2.68 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
South America: Rio Panuco basin in central Mexico. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-9; Anal soft rays: 7-9. Having eight (occasionally seven or nine) anal rays; 36-40 lateral line scales, of which 22-37 are pored; 25-28 circumferential scales round the body and 15-17 circumferential scales around the caudal peduncle; 11-13 total gill rakers on the first gill arch and 17-19 on the second; 9-14 infraorbital pores (usually 9-11) in an interrupted canal that extends onto the snout; and 5-8 supraorbital pores (usually 5-6) in either a continuous or interrupted canal (Ref. 54509). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 01 March 2018 (B2ab(iii)) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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