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Astyanax mexicanus (De Filippi, 1853)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Characiformes
family
Characidae
genus
Astyanax
species
Astyanax mexicanus

Name

Synonyms
Astianax mexicanus (De Filippi, 1853)
Astyanax argentatus Baird & Girard, 1854
Astyanax brevimanus (Günther, 1864)
Astyanax fasciatus mexicanus (De Filippi, 1853)
Astyanax petenensis (Günther, 1864)
Tetragonopterus brevimanus Günther, 1864
Tetragonopterus fulgens Bocourt, 1868
Tetragonopterus mexicanus De Filippi, 1853
Tetragonopterus nitidus Bocourt, 1868
Tetragonopterus petenensis Günther, 1864
Tetragonopterus streetsii Cope, 1872
Homonyms
Astyanax mexicanus (De Filippi, 1853)
Common names
Blind Cave Characin in English
Blind Cave Fish in English
Blind Cave Tetra in English
Cave Tetra in English
Lambari-cego in Portuguese
Meksikas tetra in Latvian
Mexican tetra in English
Mexican tetra in English
Mexikansk tetra in Danish
Sardina Ciega in English
Sardina de río in Spanish
Sardina plateada in Spanish
Tétra aveugle in French
lustrzeń meksykański in Polish
sardinita ciega in Spanish
sardinita mexicana in Spanish
sardinita mexicana in Spanish
tetra mexická in Czech
tetra slepá in Czech
Мексиканская тетра in Russian
تترا مكسيكية in Arabic
ปลาถ้ำตาบอด in Thai
ブラインドケーブカラシン in Japanese
墨西哥麗脂鯉 in Chinese
Mexican Tetra in English
Sardina Ciega in English
sardinita mexicana in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  4. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  5. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  6. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  7. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
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