Abstracted and Paraphrased by W. L. Minckley from Robert Rush Miller's Manuscript

DISTRIBUTIONAL CHECKLIST AND LOCAL VERNACULAR NAMES' FOR NATIVE FISHES OF MEXICO (THROUGH GOODEIDAE).

Abstracted and paraphrased by W. L. Minckley from Robert Rush Miller's manuscript:

'GUIDE TO THE FRESHWATER FISHES OF MEXICO,"

September 1993

P ETROMYZONTIDAE

Lampetra geminis (Alvarez), Lamprea de Jacona, Me_xican Brook Lamprey—Pacific slope, from Rio Duero (Rio Lerma basin), Michoacan and Jalisco.

L. spadicea Bean, Mexican lamprey, Lamprea de Chapala, Pacific slope, lower Rio Lerma basin (including Lake Chapala), and in Rio Grande de Morelia (including Lago Cuitzeo), Gua- najuato, Jalisco, and Michoacan.

CARCHARHINIDAE

Carcharinus leucas (Valenciennes, in Muller and Henle), Tiburon cabeza de Batea, bull shark --lowermost rios Papaloapan, Coatzacoalcos, Grijalva, Usumacinta, Rio Presidio (Sin- aloa), coastal lagoons and entering river mouths.

PRISTIDAE

Pristis pectinata Latham, pez sierra, smalltooth sawfish—Rio Usumacinta, Tabasco, Rio Pre- sidio, Sinaloa, in coastal lagoons and entering river mouths.

P. pristis Linnaeus, pez sierra, largetooth sawfish--Rio Presidio, Sinaloa, Rio Usumacinta, Tabasco, Rio Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, in coastal lagoons and entering river mouths.

ACIPENSERIDAE

Scaphirhynchus platorhynchus (Rafinesque), esturion, shovelnose sturgeon--Rio Bravo del Norte (to Albuquerque); Piedras Negras, Coahuila; Big Bend National Park.

LEPISOSTEIDAE

Atracosteus spatula (Lacepede), peje lagarto, alligator gar--Rio Bravo del Norte, Rio Panuco, Laguna de Tamiahua, Rio Papaloapan, Veracruz.

A. tropicus Gill, catan, tropical gar--Atlantic slope, Rio Coatzacoalcos, eastward into the Rio Usumacinta, Guatemala, south to Laguna Tortuguero, Costa Rica; Pacific slope, lagoons in Oaxaca east of Tehuantepec, southeastward to tributaries of Gulf of Fonseca (Hon- duras) and extreme northwestern Nicaragua.

1 Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, catan pintado, spotted gar--Rio Bravo del Norte (to Cd. Acuna) and adjacent Laguna Madre, Tamaulipas.

L. osseus (Linnaeus), pez picudo or pejelagarto, longnose gar—Rio Bravo del Norte (including Rio Conchos) southward in rivers and lagoons to Rio Panuco basin (Veracruz and San Luis Potosi).

ELOP1DAE

Elops affinis Regan, machete, Pacific tenpounder—Lower Rio Colorado southward to Chimbote, Peru; lagoons, and commonly entering rivers.

E. saurus Linnaeus, macabi, ladyfish--East coast of Mexico, lagoons, rarely entering rivers.

Tarpon atlanticus (Valenciennes), sabalo, tarpon—East coast of Mexico, entering rivers in the tropics, rios Panuco, Papaloapan, Coatzacoalcos, and Usumacinta.

ANGUILLIDAE

Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur), anguilla Americana, American eel--East coast of Mexico, enter- ing and ascending rivers to mature, returning to sea to spawn.

CLUPEIDAE

Brevoortia gun ten Hildebrand, lacha, finescale menhaden—Gulf of Mexico, bays, lagoons, river mouths.

B. patron us Goode, lacha escamuda, gulf menhaden--Gulf of Mexico, south in Golfo de Campec- he to Alvarado, Veracruz.

Dorosoma anale Meek, sardina de agua dulce, longfin gizzard shad--Atlantic slope, Rio Jam- papa near Cd. Veracruz southward and eastward to Rio Usumacinta basin, Guatemala, and Rio Hondo, Mexico-Belize border.

D. cepedianum, Sardina molleja, eastern gizzard shad--Native in Rio Bravo del Norte to mouth of Rio Conchos, introduced upstream(?), then southward in coastal rivers to Laguna de Tamaihua, Veracruz.

D. petenense (Gunther), topote, threadfin shad—Lower Rio Bravo del Norte southward into northern Guatemala and Belize; landlocked in Logo de Catemaco (Veracruz) and Logo de Peten (Guatemala).

D. smithi Hubbs and Miller, sardina del Pacifico, Pacific Gizzard Shad--Rio Yaqui to Arroyo San Francisco (tributary to Marismas Nacionales) southeast of Acaponeta, Nayarit.

Harengula jaguana Poey, sardineta jaguana, scaled sardine—East coastal waters of Mexico, coastal lagoons and entering rivers.

2 H. thrissina ( Jordan and Gilbert), sardineta arenque, flatiron shad—East coastal waters of Mexico, coastal lagoons and entering rivers.

Lile stolifera ( Jordan and Gilbert), sardinita, Pacific lile--Bahia Ballenas, Baja California Sur, southward to Peru, coastal lagoons and entering rivers.

Opisthonema libertate (Gunther), sardina machete o crinuda, Pacific thread herring--Bahia Magdalena, west coast of Baja California Sur, Golfo de California, southward to Peru, coastal lagoons and entering rivers.

ENGRAULIDAE

Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes), anchoveta, bay anchovy—East coast of Ivlexico, south to Yucatan, coastal lagoons and entering rivers.

A. walkeri Baldwin and Chang, anchoa, anchovy—San Felipe, Baja California, south to Panama; coastal lagoons and entering rivers.

A. macrolepidota (Kner and Steindachner), bocon, bigscale anchovy--Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Sur, Golfo de California, southward to Peru, coastal lagoons and entering rivers.

ICTALURIDAE

Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque), bagre cabeza de toro, black bullhead--Rio Bravo del Norte below Nuevo Laredo, widely introduced elsewhere (rios Casas Grandes, Yaqui, Panuco, Lerma-Santiago, Balsas).

Ictalurus balsanus ( Jordan and Snyder), bagre del Balsas, Balsas catfish--Rio Balsas basin, Guerrero, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Morelos, Puebla.

I. chihuahua Miller and Humphries, bagre del Chihuahua, Chihuahua catfish—Rio Bravo del Norte southward to Rio San Fernando.

I. dugesi (Bean), bagre del Lerma, Lerma catfish—Rio Lerma, Rio Ameca, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan.

I. furcatus (Lesueur), jolote, blue catfish--Rio Bravo del Norte southward into Rio Usumacinta and Belize River, Belize (includes 1. meredionalis); introduced in Rio Yaqui.

I. lupus (Girard), bagre lobo, headwater catfish—Rio Bravo del Norte (excluding Rio Conchos, including Pecos River and rios Salado and San Juan), southwestward into rios San Fer- nando and Soto la Marina, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas.

I. mexicanus (Meek), bagre del Panuco, Panuco catfish--Rio Panuco basin. Hidalgo, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz.

I. pricei (Rutter), bagre del Yaqui, Yaqui catfish--basins of rios Yaqui, Sonora(?), Mayo, Fuerte, and interior Rio Casas Grandes, Chihuahua and Sonora.

3 I. punctatus (Rafinesque), bagre de canal, channel catfish, Rio Bravo del Norte southward to - Rio Tuxpan, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Veracruz. ktalurus sp., A catfish resembling I. dugesi is known from Balsas tributaries in Morelos.

Priatella phreatophila Carranza, bagre ciego de Muzquiz, Muzquiz blindcat--underground waters of the Rio Sabinas system, Coahuila (Rio Bravo del Norte basin).

Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque), bagre cabeza plana, flathead catfish--Rio Bravo del Norte (including Rio Conchos), southward into Rio Panuco basin, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Neuvo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz; introduced in Rio Colo- rado and perhaps Rio Yaqui.

ARI1DAE

Arius aguadulce (Meek), bagre prieto, dark catfish—Rio Panuco basin, northern Veracruz, south and east into Rio Polochic-Lago Izabal, Guatemala, chiefly in fresh water, but living and reproducing in sea water, as in Laguna de Terminos, Campeche, and Laguna del Carmen, Tabasco.

A. assimilis Gunther, bagre Mayano, Mayan catfish--Fresh waters of Atlantic Slope, from Quintana Roo (including Laguna Bacalar) to northwestern Honduras.

A. caerulescens Gunther, bagre, cuatete, or chihuil—Pacific slope from mouth of Rio Colorado southward into Honduras, entering rivers.

A. fells (Linnaeus), cabeza de hueso, hardhead catfish, Atlantic slope from Rio Bravo del Norte southward into western Yucatan, primarily marine but entering rivers (rios Coatz- coalcos and Usumacinta).

A. gilberti ( Jordan and Williams, bagre blanco, white catfish--Pacific slope, entering rivers in Sinaloa and Nayarit.

A. liropus (Bristol), bagre, cuatete, or chihuil--Pacific slope, Rio Yaqui southward into Chiquimulilla Canal, Guatemala, entering rivers.

Bagre marinus (Mitchill), bagre bandera, gafftopsail catfish--Atlantic slope, lower Rio Bravo southward and eastward into southeastern Brazil, entering estuaries and rivers, the latter more so in the tropics.

Potamarius nelsoni (Evermann and Goldsborough), curuco, river catfish--Rio Usumacinta, Mexico and Guatemala, freshwater only.

PIMELODIDAE

Rhamdia guatemalensis, juil descolorido, lowland catfish—Atlantic and Pacific slopes, from Rio Chachalacas and Rio Tehuantepec basins southward (including Yucatan peninsula) into Columbia.

4 R. laticauda (Heckel), juil de piedras, rock catfish--Atlantic slope, from Rio La Antigua basin eastward and southward into northweStem Honduras.

R. parryi Eigenmann and Eigemnann, bagre del Noroeste, northwestern catfish—Pacific slope from Rio Tapanatepec, basin, Oaxaca, into Rio Grande de Pasaco, Guatemala.

R. reddelli Miller, juil ciego, Papaloapan blindcat--caves on Atlantic slope, Papaloapan basin, near Acatlan and Comalapa in Oaxaca and Veracruz.

GYMNOTIDAE

Gymnotus sp., anguilla—Pacific slope, southeastern Chiapas southward into Costa Rica, where inhabiting both slopes.

CHARACIDAE

Astyanax aeneus (Gunther), pepesca blanca, banded tetra—Atlantic slope, from Rio Papaloa- pan southward possibly into Panama; Pacific slope from Rio Armeria southward into Colombia.

A. annandoi Lozano and Contreras, sardina labiosa de penjamo, fleshylip tetra—Penjamo on Rio Usumacinta, east of Palenque, Chiapas.

A. mexicanus (Filippi), sardina Mexicana, Mexican tetra--Atlantic slope from Rio Bravo del Norte in New Mexico and Texas, southward into Rio Panuco, Cazones system, and in uplands to the Rio Papaloapan, upper Rio Usumacinta, Guatemala, Maya Mountains of Belize, and Rio Polochic, Guatemala.

Bramocharax. caballeroi Contreras and Rivera, pepesca de Catemaco, Catemaco characin-- Atlantic slope, Laguna de Catemaco basin, tributary to Rio Papaloapan, Veracruz.

Brvcon guatemalensis Regan, macabil, middle American brycon--Atlantic slope, basins of Rio Grijalva and Usumacinta, southward into Panama; Pacific slope, Rio Choluteca basin, Honduras.

Hyphessobrycon compressus (Meek), sardina plateada, Mayan tetra--Atlantic slope, streams and lagoons from Rio Papaloapan, eastward into northern Belize.

Roeboides guatemalensis (Gunther), machaca, middle American roeboides--Pacific slope, Rio Perros at Ixtepec (formerly San Geronimo), Oaxaca, eastward and southward into Panama; Atlantic slope, from Rio Patuca, Honduras, southward to Rio Chagres, Panama.

CYPRINIDAE

.Agosia chrysogaster Girard, charalito aleta larga, longfin dace—Pacific slope, lower Rio Colorado basin southward into basin of Rio Sinaloa, Sinaloa.

Algansea aphanea Barbour and Miller, pupo del ayutla, riffle chub--Pacific slope, in basins of rios Anneria and Coahuayana, Jalisco and Colima.

5 A. avia Barbour and Miller, pupo de Tepic, remote chub—Pacific slope, tributaries of Rio Grande de Santiago and headwaters of Rio Chila, from Santa Maria del Oro to Tepic and south beyond Compostela, Nayarit.

A. barbata Alvarez and Cortes, pupo del Lerma, Lerma chub--Pacific slope, headwaters of Rio Lerma basin at Lerma and near Villa Victoria in Valle de Toluca.

A. lacustris Steindachner, acumara, Patzcuaro chub--Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan, introduced elsewhere.

A. monticola Barbour and Contreras, pupo del Juchipila, mountain chub--Pacific slope, headwaters of rios Colotlan, Juchipila, Bolanos, and Hueynamoto (Rio Grande de Santiago basin), Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Jalisco.

A. popoche ( Jordan and Snyder), popoche, Chapala chub—Pacific slope, Lago de Chapala and its lake-like outlet above El Salto del Juanacatlan, Jalisco and Michoacan.

A. tincella (Valenciennes), pupo del valle, spottail chub--Closed basins, e.g., Valley of Mex- ico, Rio Grande de Morelia, and Pacific slope waters of Rio Lerma basin and contiguous drainages.

Cam postoma anomalum (Rafinesque), rodapiedras central, central stoneroller--Rio Bravo del Norte to Devil's River, Texas, and disjunct population in Rio San Juan basin, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas.

C. ornatum Girard, reodapiedras Mexicana, Mexican stoneroller—Rio Bravo del Norte to Big Bend region of texas, westward through Rio Conchos and endorheic basins (except Rio Santa Maria) of Chihuahua, into rios Yaqui and Sonora, and southward through rios Mayo, Fuerte, and Piaxtla.

Codoma omata Girard, sardinita adornada, ornate minnow--Atlantic slope and interior basins from middle and upper Rio Conchos southward into Rio Nazas (absent from Rio Agua- naval); Pacific slope in headwaters of rios Yaqui, Fuerte, and Mezquital.

Dionda catostomops Hubbs and Miller, sardinita del Rio Frio, Rio Frio minnow--Atlantic slope, confined to Rio Frio, tributary to Rio Verde (Rio Panuco basin), San Luis Potosi.

D. diabolis Hubbs and Brown, sardinita diabla, Devils River minnow--Devil's River, San Fel- ipe, Sycamore, and Las Moras creeks, Texas, and Rio San Carlos (opposite Devil's River) and in upper Rio Salado (rios Sabinas and Salado above Presa Don Martin), Coahuila.

D. dichroma Hubbs and Miller, sardinita bicolor, bicolor minnow—Atlantic slope, upper Rio Verde drainage (Rio Panuco basin) near Rioverde and La Media Luna to headwaters, San Luis Potosi, and in lower Rio Verde at Guayabos and Tanlacu.

D. episcopa Girard, sardinita nariz redonda, roundnose minnow--Atlantic slope from west- central Texas into Rio Bravo del Norte, including rios Conchos, Salado, and San Juan, Coahuila and Nuevo Leon. Likely a complex of species.

6 D. erimyzonops Hubbs and Miller, sardinita del Panuco, chubsucker minnow--Atlantic slope, in basin of Rio Panuco, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz.

D. ipni (Alvarez and Navarro, sardinita Veracruzana, lantern minnow—Atlantic slope from Rio Panuco basin (including disjunct Rio Metztitlan) southward to Rio Misantla, Hidalgo, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz.

D. mandibularis, sardinita quitjarona, flatjaw minnow--Atlantic slope, headwaters of Rio Verde (Rio Panuco basin) east of La Media Luna and at Puerta del Rio, San Luis Potosi.

D. rasconis ( Jordan and Snyder), sardinita potosina, blackstripe minnow--Atlantic slope, Rio Frio drainage (Rio Panuco basin), San Luis Potosi.

Evarra bustamantei Navarro, sardinita Xochimilteca, Mexican chub—Valley of Mexico, south- ern part, now evidently extinct.

E. eigenmanni Woolman, sardinita verde, plateau chub--Valley of Mexico, evidently extinct.

E. tlahuacensis Meek, sardinita de Tlahuac, endorheic chub—Lago de Chalco, near Tlahuac, valley of Mexico, now evidently extinct.

Gila conspersa Garman, charalito Nazas, Nazas chub--Basin of rios Nazas-Aguanaval, Coahuila, Durango, and Zacatecas.

G. ditaenia Miller, charalito Sonorense, Sonora chub—Pacific slope, basin of Rio de la Concep- cion, Arizona-Sonora.

G. elegans Baird and Girard, charalito elegante, bonytail—Rio Colorado, Baja California and Sonora; extirpated.

G. eremica DeMarais, charalito del desierto, desert chub—Pacific slope, tributaries of upper Rio Yaqui, westward into rios Sonora and Matape.

G. intermedia (Girard), charalito del Gila, Gila chub--Rio Gila basin, Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora.

G. modesta (Garman), charalito Saltillo, Saltillo chub--Atlantic slope, Rio Salinas basin near Saltillo, Coahuila.

G. nigrescens (Girard), charalito Chihuahua, Chihuahua chub--rios Casas Grandes, Santa Maria, and del Carmen, basin of Laguna Bustillos, all in Chihuahua, and Mimbres River, New Mexdco.

G. pulchra (Girard), charalito Conchos, Conchos chub—Atlantic slope, basin of Rio Conchos, Chihuahua and Durango, and possibly Rio Sauz basin.

G. purpurea (Girard), charalito Yaqui, Yaqui chub--Cochise basin, Arizona, Rio San Bernardi- no (Rio Yaqui basin), Arizona and Sonora.

G. robusta Baird and Girard, charalito aleta redonda, roundtail chub—Pacific slope, Rio Colo- rado southward into Rio Culiacan basin, Sinaloa.

7 Hybognathus amarus (Girard), charalito chamizal, Rio Grande silvery minnow—Atlantic slope, Rio Bravo del Norte, New Mexico, Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tam- aulipas (no records in Mexican tributaries).

Macrhybopsis aestivalis (Girard), charalito lunares, speckled chub--Atlantic slope, basin of Rio Bravo del Norte (all major tributaries), southeastward in tributaries of Laguna Madre, Tamaulipas, north of Rio Soto la Marina.

Notropis aginrrepequenoi Contreras and Rivera, charalito del Pilon, Soto la Marina shiner-- Atlantic slope, upper half of Soto la Marina basin, Tamaulipas.

N. amabilis (Girard), charalito Texana, Texas shiner--Colorado River of central Texas south- ward into Rio Bravo del Norte, including Pecos in New Mexico and Texas and rios Salado and San Juan in Coahuila, Neuvo Leon, and Tamaulipas.

N. amecae Chernoff and Miller, charalito del Ameca, Ameca shiner—Pacific slope, upper part of Rio Ameca basin, Jalisco.

N. aulidion Chernoff and Miller, sardinita de Durango, Durango shiner—Pacific slope, upper Rio Mezquital basin (Rio Tunal), east of Cd. Durango, Durango.

N. bocagrande Chernoff and Miller, sardinita bocagrande, largemouth shiner—Ojo Solo, Bolson de los Muertos, 39 km W Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua.

N. boucardi (Gunther), sardinita del Balsas, Balsas shiner—Pacific slope, upper tributaries of Rio Balsas basin, Michoacan, Morelos, and Puebla.

N. bray-toni Jordan and Evermann. sardinita Tamaulipeca, Tamaulipas shiner—Atlantic slope, Rio Bravo del Norte and tributaries, including lower Pecos, Texas, and rios Conchos, Salado, and San Juan, in Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas.

N. buchanani Meek, sardinita fantasma, ghost shiner--Lower Rio Grande del Norte (not above mouth of Pecos), rios Salado and San Juan, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas.

N. calientis Jordan and Snyder, sardinita amarilla, yellow shiner—Pacific slope, basins of Rio Lerma and Rio Grande de Santiago, Rio Grande de Morelia (internal drainage); Atlantic slope in headwaters of Rio Santa Maria (Panuco basin), Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan, and San Luis Potosi.

N. chihuahua Woolman, sardinita Chihuahuense, Chihuahua shiner--Atlantic slope, upper Rio Conchos, Chihuahua and Durango, and Rio Bravo del Norte in both Texas and Chihua- hua, from mouth of Rio Conchos to east side Big Bend National Park.

N. formosus (Girard), sardinita hermosa, beautiful shiner--Interior basins; rios Casas Gran- des, Santa Maria, del Carmen, BaNicora, and Sauz, Chihuahua; Pacific slope, Rio Yaqui basin, Chihuahua and Sonora.

N. garn2ani Jordan, sardinita jorobada, gibbous shiner—Interior basin of Rio Nazas, Zacatecas, Durango, Coahuila, and closed basin south of Guadalupe Victoria. Durango.

N. cummingii (Gunther), sardinita del Atoyac, .Atoyac shiner--Pacific slope, in Rio Atoyac and tributaries, Oaxaca.

8 N. jemezanus (Cope), sardinita del Bravo, Rio Grande shiner--Rio Bravo del Norte, including Pecos River in USA and rios Conchos, Salado, San Juan in Chihuahua, Coahuila, Neuvo Leon, and Tamaulipas.

N. lutrensis Baird and Girard, sardinita roja, red shiner--Rio Bravo del Norte then southward along eastern coast to rios Tamesi and Panuco, in Chihuahua, Durango, Hidalgc), Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz.

N. moralesi de Buen, sardinita Tepelneme, Papaloapan shiner--Atlantic slope, in Rio Tepel- neme and presumably upper tributaries to Rio Papaloapan, from just west Jicotlan to near Tepelneme, Oaxaca.

N. nazas ( Meek), sardinita de Nazas, Nazas shiner--in endorheic rios Nazas-Aguanaval basin, Zacatecas and Durango.

N. orca Woolman, sardinita fantasma, phantom shiner--Atlantic slope in Rio Bravo del Norte from central New Mexico to mouth and a few tributaries; Mexican records from Chih- uahua and Tamaulipas.

N. panarcys Hubbs and Miller, sardinita del Conchos, Conchos shiner--Atlantic slope, upper Rio Conchos basin, Chihuahua and Durango.

N. proserpinus (Girard), sardinita proserpina, proserpine shiner--Atlantic slope, central part of Rio Bravo del Norte basin, San Felipe, Pinto, Las Moms creeks, Devil's River, lower Pecos river, all in Texas, and rios San Carlos to San Juan in Coahuila and Tamau- lipas.

N. rutilus (Girard), sardinita Mexicana, Mexican shiner--Atlantic slope, basins of rios Salado and San Juan, Coahuila and Nuevo Leon.

N. saladonis Hubbs and Hubbs, sardinita Salado, Salado shiner--Atlantic slope, Rio Salado basin, Nuevo Leon and Coahuila.

N. sallei (Gunther), carpita Azteca, Aztec chub--Pacific slope, upper Rio Lerman and certain tributaries of Rio Balsas, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, and Puebla; closed basin of Rio Grande de lv!,.:)relia and valley of Mexico; Atlantic slope, headwaters of Rio Panuco, Hidalgo, Q.ti:Tetarc).

N. simus (Cope), sardinita narizona, bluntnose shiner-- Atlantic slope, basin of Rio Brave del Norte from New Mexico to El Paso, and in Pecos River, New Mexico.

N. strarnineus (Cope), sardinita de arena, sand shiner--Atlantic slope, Rio Bravo del Norte (Pecos and Rio Bravo below Big Bend), including rios Salado and San Juan, Coahuila and Neuvo Leon.

N. tropicus Hubbs and Miller, sardinita tropical, pygmy shiner--Atlantic slope, Rio Panuco basin, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, and Veracruz.

N. xanthicara Minckley and Lytle, sardinita de Cuatro Cienegas, Cuatro Cienegas shiner-- Cuatro Cienegas basin, Coahuila.

9 Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, carpita cabezona, fathead minnow--Rio Brave del Norte above mouth of Pecos River, from Rio Conchos and endorheic basins of rios Casas Grandes, Santa Maria, and Laguna Bustillos, Chihuahua and Durango.

P. vigilav (Baird and Girard), carpita cabeza de tom, bullhead minnow—lower Rio Grande del Norte, including lower Pecos River, Texas, and rios Salado and San Juan, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas

Ptychocheilus lucius Girard, salmon blanco, Colorado squawfish—Rio Colorado, Baja California and Sonora; extirpated.

Rhinichthys catraractae (Valenciennes), carpita rinconera, longnose dace--Rio Bravo del Norte, including rios Conchos and upper San Juan, Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Nuevo Leon.

R. cobitis Girard, charalito locha, loach minnow--Rio Gila, Sonora; now extirpated.

R. osculus (Girard), charalito pinta, speckled dace--Rio Gila, Sonora; now extirpated.

Stypodon signiferGarman, carpa de Parras, stumptooth minnow—Valle de Parras, Coahuila, tributary to Lago de Mayran (Rio Nazas basin); extinct.

Yuriria alta ( Jordan), sardina blanca, Lerma chub—Pacific slope, Rio Lerma basin, Rio Gran- de de Santiago and its northern tributaries below El Salto de Juanacatlan, Aguas calientes, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, and Zacatecas.

CATOSTOMIDAE

Carpiodes carpio (Rafinesque), matalote del rio or boca chica, river carpsucker—Atlantic slope, Rio Bravo del Norte including rios Conchos, Salado, San Juan in Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Nuevo Leon, southward to Rio Soto la Marina, Tamaulipas.

Catostomus (Catostomus) bemardini Girard, matalote Yaqui, Yaqui sucker—Pacific slope from Rio Yaqui basin into Rio Mayo, Sonora; Atlantic slope, in upper Rio Conchos basin, Chihuahua and Durango (includes C. IC.] conchos).

C. (C) cahita Siebert and Minckley, matalote Cahita, Cahita sucker—Pacific slope, southern and southwestern tributaries to Rio Yaqui, Chihuahua, and Sonora.

C. (Pantosteus) clarki Baird and Girard, matalote del desierto, desert sucker--Rio Gila, Sonora.

C. (C. ) insignis Baird and Girard, matalote Sonorense, Sonora sucker--Rio Gila, Sonora.

C. (C.) leopoldi Siebert and Minckley, matalote labio grande, fleshylip sucker--Pasific slope, northeastern tributaries to Rio Yaqui, headwaters of Rio Casas Grandes, Chihuahua and Sonora.

C. (P.) nebuliferus Garman, matalote Nazas, Rio Nazas sucker--Rios Nazas-Aguanaval, Coahui- la, Durango, and Zacatecas; formerly aligned with C. (P.) plebeius.

10 C. (13.74- plebeius Baird and Girard, matalote del Bravo, Rio Grande sucker—Upper Rio Bravo del Norte, Mimbres River, New Mexico, GLizman basin (rios Casas Grandes, Santa Maria, and del Carmen), thence to Rio Conchos, Chihuahua and Durango; Pacific slope, one tribu- tary to Rio Yaqui in Chihuahua. Populations formerly identified with C. plebeius in the rios Fuerte, Mezquital, and Piaxtla (Pacific slope) are likely an undescribed taxon.

C (C.) wigginsi Herre and Brock, matalote Opata., Opata sucker--Rio Sonora, Sonora.

Cycleptus elongatus (Lesueur), matalote azul, blue sucker--Rio Bravo del Norte to New Mexico, tributaries including rios Conchos and Salado, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas.

Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque), boquin, smallmouth buffalo—Rio Bravo del Norte (including Rio Conchos, southward in northeastern Mexico into Rio Usumacinta basin, northern Guatemala; Mexican states of Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz.

I. labiosus (Meek), matalote boca grande, fleshylip buffalo—Atlantic slope, Rio Panuco basin, San Luis Potosi and Veracruz.

I. niger (Rafinesque), matalote negro, black buffalo--Rio Bravo del Norte, including lower Pecos and Rio San Juan, then southward into Rio Soto la Marina basin, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, also known from Rio Nazas basin.

Scartomvzon austrinus (Bean), chuime, Mexican jumprock—Pacific slope, basins of rios Lerma-Rio Grande de Santiago, Ameca, Armeria, and upper Mezquital, in Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan, and Zacatecas; Atlantic slope, Rio Conchos basin, Chihuahua and Durango and mouth of Alamito Creek, Texas.

S. congestus (Baird and Girard), matalote gris, gray jumprock--Rio Bravo del Norte, including Pecos, Devil's, Salado, San Juan) southward along coast into Rio Soto la Marina, in Chi- huahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas.

Xyrauchen texanus (Abbott), matalote jorobado, razorback sucker--Rio Colorado, Baja California and Sonora; extirpated from Mexico.

SALMON IDAE

Oncorhinchus chrysogaster (Needham and Gard), trucha dorada Mexicana, Mexican golden trout--Pacific slope, rios Fuerte, Sinaloa, and Culiacan.

0. mykiss ( Walbaum)--trucha arco iris, rainbow trout--native to northern Baja California on Sierra San Pedro Martin; widely introduced.

Oncorhynchus sp.--taxonomic status of trouts from the rios Yaqui, Mayo, and Casas Grandes have not been established.

11 BYTHITIDAE

Ogilbia pearsei (Hubbs). brotula ciega, blind brotula--Cenotes and subterranean rivers of Yucatan.

BATRACHOIDIDAE

Batrachoides goldmani Evennann and Goldsborough, pez sapo, Usumacinta toadfish--Atlantic slope, Usumacinta basin of Mexico, Chiapas, Tabasco, and Campeche, also known in Guatemala.

GOBIESOCIDAE

Gobiesav iluviatilis Briggs and Miller, cucharita de monte, Mexican freshwater clingfish-- Pacific slope, tributaries of Rio Grande de Santiago below El Salto de Junacatlan ( Jalisco, Nayarit), to upper Rio Mezquital (Durango) and from Rio Fuerte basin in Barranca del Cobre (Chihuahua).

G. mexicanus Briggs and Miller, cucharita Mexicana, Mexican clingfish--Pacific slope, coastal streams of Guerrero and Jalisco.

HEMIRAMPHIDAE

Hyporhamphus gull Meek and Hildebrand, pajarito del Pacifico, Pacific halfbeak--Pacific slope, from Acapulco Guerrero, southward into Galapagos Islands, freshwater in coastal lagoons.

H. mexicanus Alvarez, pico de aguja, Mexican halfbeak--Atlantic slope, fresh waters from Rio Coatzacoalcos basin into Rio Usumacinta basin.

H. rosae ( Jordan and Gilbert), pajarito del Golfo, Gulf halfbeak--Pacific slope, Santa Ana River, California, southward along outer coast into Golfo de California, then south- ward along mainland into Laguna Oriental, Oaxaca; entering freshwater (e.g., Rio Fuerte).

BELON1DAE

Strongylura hubbsi Collette, aguja de Maya, Mayan needlefish—Atlantic slope, from Rio Pa- paloapan basin into Rio Usumacinta drainage; freshwater only in Mexico and Guate- mala.

S. marina (Walbaum), Aguja del Atlantico, Atlantic needlefish—Throughout Golfo de Mexico; rarely entering freshwater (Rio Soto la Marina).

S. timucu (Walbaum), agujon, timucu--Golfo de Mexico, Rio Actopan, Veracruz, Rio Panuco and Rio jalcomulco, near Cd. Veracruz; also along coast of Yucatan Peninsula.

12 RIYULIDAE

Rivulus marmoratus Poey, rivulus manglar, mangrove rivulus--Atlantic slope, southern Mex- ico, in Yucatan and Quintana Roo, southward to Brazil.

R. robustus Miller and Hubbs, rivulus almirante, Mexican rivulus--Atlantic slop.:, basins of Rios Papaloapan and Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz and Oaxaca.

R. tennis ( Meek), rivulus de Maya, Mayan rivulus--Atlantic slope, from Rio Antigua basin northwest of Cd. Veracruz, southward and eastward in Veracruz, Tabasco, Chiapas, and into Honduras.

CYPR1NODONTIDAE

Cualac tessellatus Miller, cachorrito de Media Luna, Media Luna killifish--Atlantic slope, around La Media Luna, near Rioverde (Rio Panuco basin), San Luis Potosi.

Cyprinodon aihivelis Minckley and Miller (MS), cachorrito de aleta blanco, whitefin pupfish-- Rio Santa Marina basin and drainage of Rio Papigochic (Rio Yaqui basin), Chihuahua.

C. alvarezi Miller, cachorrito de Potosi, Potosi pupfish--El Potosi, Municipo de Galeana, Nuevo Leon.

C. artifrons Hubbs, cachorrito de Yucatan, Yucatan pupfish--Yucatan shelf and peninsula, including Laguna de Tenninos, Isla Cozumel, and Laguna Bacalar in Campeche, Yucatan, Quintana Roo, and extreme northern Belize.

C. atrorusMiller, cachorrito bolson, bolson pupfish--Cuatro Cienegas basin, Coahuila.

C. beltrani Alvarez, cachorrito lodero, blackfin pupfish--Laguna Chichancanab, Yucatan.

C bifasciatus Miller, cachorrito de Cuatro Cienegas, Cuatro Cienegas pupfish--Cuatro Cienegas basin, Coahuila.

C eximius Girard, cachorrito del Conchos, Conchos pupfish—Devil's River, Terlingua Creek, Alamito Creek, Texas, to middle and upper Rio Conchos basin, Chihuahua, and endo- rheic Sauz basin, Chihuahua.

C. fontinalis Smith and Miller, cachorrito de Carbonera, Carbonera pupfish--Bolson de los Muertos basin, west of Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua.

C. labiosus Humphries and Miller, cachorrito cangrejero, thicklip pupfish—Laguna Chichan- canab, Yucatan.

C. latitasciatus Garman, cachorrito de Parras, Parras pupfish--Vicinity of Parras, Coahuila; extinct.

C. macrolepis Miller, cachorrito de escamas grandes, bigscale pupfish—E1 Ojo de Hacienda Dolores, south-southeast Jimenez, Chihuahua, Rio Conchos basin.

13 C. macularius Baird and Girard, cachorrito del desierto, desert pupfish—Basins of Rio Col- orado and Rio Sonoyta, Arizona, California, Baja California and Sonora.

C. maya Humphries and Miller, cachorrito Maya, Mayan pupfish.--Laguna Chichancanab, Yuca- tan.

C. meal Miller, cachorrito del Mezquital, Mezquital pupfish--headwaters of Rio Mezquital (Rio del Tunal, Rio de la Sauceda). Durango.

C. nazas Miller, cachorrito del Nazas, Nazas pupfish—Rios Nazas-Aguanaval and Laguna San- tiaguillo, Durango, Zacatecas, and Coahuila.

C. pachycephalus Minckley and Minckley, cachorrito cabezon, bighead pupfish—San Diego de Alcala, tributary to Rio Conchos, Chihuahua.

C. pisteri Miller and Smith (MS), cachorrito de Palomas, Palomas pupfish—Pluvial Lake Palo- mas and I Aguna Bustillos, Chihuahua.

C. simus Humphries and Miller, cachorrito boxeador, verticaljaw pupfish--Laguna Chichan- canab, Yucatan.

C. variegatus Lacepede, cachorrito cabeza de borrego, sheepshead minnow—Rio Bravo del Norte southward into northern Veracruz, coastal but entering rivers and lagoons, also on certain islands of the West Indies to northern Venezuela.

C. verecundus Humphries, cachorrito de aleta larga, largefin pupfish.—Laguna Chichancanab, Yucatan.

Floridichthys polyommus Hubbs, bolin Yucateco, ocellated killifish—coastal waters of Yuca- tan Peninsula, in Campeche, Yucatan, and Quintana Roo, southward to St. George's Cay, Belize.

Fundulus grants Baird and Girard, pujul, Gulf killifish--Lower Rio Bravo del Norte and southward in eastern Mexico to Laguna de Tampamachoco near Tuxpan, Veracruz. far upstream in the Soto la Marina basin, and also known from northern Cuba.

F. grandissimus Hubbs, bolin, sardinilla grande, giant killifish--Yucatan peninsula, in cluding Laguna de Tenninos, Campeche with records from Sisal to Rio Lagartos, Yucatan, and Chiquila, Quintana Roo.

F. limi Valliant, sardinilla de la peninsula, Baja killifish--Interior waters of central penin- sular Baja California Sur.

F. parvipinnis Girard, sardinilla de California, California killifish--Pacific slope, Morro Bay, California, southward into Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur; entering fresh water.

F. persimilis Miller, sardinilla Yucateca, Yucatan killifish--Brackish to salt water along northern part of Yucatan Peninsula (west end, Rio Lagartos), Yucatan.

F. (Baird and Girard), sardinilla nariz larga, longnose killifish--Atlantic slope, southward at least to lagoon 58 km north of Tampico, Tamaulipas.

14 Garmanelia pulchra Hubbs, Yucatan flagfish. snakeskin killifish—Atlantic slope, from vicin- ity of Laguna de Tenninos, Campeche, northward and eastward along outer Yucatan Peninsula, including Isla Cozumel, southward to Laguna Bacalar, in Campeche, Yucatan, and Quintana Roo; also in northern Belize.

Lucania interioris Hubbs and Miller, sardinilla de Cuatro Cienegas, Cuatro Cienegas killifish --Cuatro Cienegas basin, Coahuila.

L. parva (Baird and Girard), sardinilla de lluvio, rainwater killifish—Rio Bravo del Norte (including Pecos River into New Mexico), southward on eastern Mexican coast to Laguna de Tampamachoco, near Tuxpan, Veracruz; also from Laguna de Terminos, Campeche, and lagoons at Cancun, Quintana Roo, as well as Isla Cozumel.

Megupsilon aporus Miller and Walters, cachorrito enano de Potosi, Catarina pupfish--El Potosi, Municipo de Galaena, Nuevo Leon.

Profundulus candalarius Hubbs, headwater killifish--Headwaters Rio Grijalva and endorheic Laguna Yolnabaj, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, and Rio Grande de Copitan and associated disjunct lakes in Chiapas.

P. hildebrandi Miller, sardinilla de Chiapas, Chiapas killifish—Valle San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas.

P. labialis (Gunther), sardinilla de Labio Largo, largelip killifish—Atlantic slope, central Chiapas into central Guatemala (rios Grijalva, Jatate., Negro, Polochic, and Montague); Pacific occurrence may represent introductions.

P. oavacae (Meek), sardinilla del Verde, Verde killifish—Pacific slope, upper Rio Verde basin above 1550 m, Oaxaca.

P. punctatus (Gunther), tripon, brownspotted killifish--Atlantic slope, headwaters of Rio Coatzacoalcos, Oaxaca, and Rio Grijalva in Mexico and Guatemala; Pacific slope, Rio Aguacatillo, tributary to Laguna Tres Palos near Acapulco, Guerrero, eastward to vicinity of Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa, Guatemala.

GOODEIDAE

Allodontichthys hubbsi Miller and Uyeno, Mexcalpique de Tuxpan, white-patched splitfin-- Pacific slope, Rio Tuxpan and tributaries in upper part of Rio Coahuayana basin, Jalisco.

A. pohlepis Rauchenberger, Mexcalpique de escama, finescale splitfin—Pacific slope, upper (southern) tributaries of Rio Ameca west of Ameca, Jalisco.

.4. tarnazulae Turner, Mexcalpique de Tamazulu, peppered splitfin—Pacific slope, Rio Tuxpan and tributaries, in upper Rio Coahuayana basin, Jalisco.

A. zoni.stius (Hubbs), Mexcalpique del Armeria. Comala splitfin—Rio Armeria basin and two tributaries to Rio Coahuayana, in Colima and Jalisco.

15 Alloophorus robustus (Bean), chegua, bulldog splitfin--Pacific slope, basin of Rio Lerma including lagos Chapala, Yuriria, Cuitzeo, Patzcuaro, and Zirahuen; also from north- western tributary to Rio Balsas and interior Presa San Juanico. Michoacan.

Allotoca diazi (Meek), chorumo, Patzcuaro allotoca--endorheic basins of lagos Patzcuaro, Zirahuen, and Rio Santa Catarina-Cupatitzio, above and below Liruapan, all in Michoacan.

A. dugesi (Bean), tiro abejarron, bumblebee allotoca—Pacific slope, basins of Rio Lerma-Rio Grande de Santiago, Rio Grande de Morelia, and lagos Yuriria Cuitzeo, Patzcuaro and Jirahuen, in Jalisco and Michoacan; also known from Laguna San Marcos west of Lago Chapala.

A. goslinei Smith and Miller, tiro yarado, banded allotoca--Pacific slope, upper part of Rio .Ameca basin, Jalisco.

A. maculata Smith and Miller, tiro moteado, blackspot allotoca--Endorheic Laguna Magdalena basin, 80 km west Guadalajara, Jalisco.

A. regalis Alvarez, chorumo del Balsas, Balsas allotoca--Vicinity of Low Reyes, Michoacan, Rio Balsas basin.

Ameca splendens Miller and Fitzsimons, Mexcalpique mariposa, butterfly splitfin--Pacific slope, Rio Ameca and its tributary Rio Teuchitlan, Jalisco.

Chapalichthys encaustus ( Jordan and Snyder), pintito de Chapala, barred splitfin--Rio Lerma- Rio Grande de Santiago (above el Salto de Juanacatlan), Jalisco and Michoacan.

C. pardalis Alvarez, Pintito de Tocumbo, polkadot splitfin--Tocumbo, Michoacan, Rio Balsas basin.

C peraticus Alvarez, pintito de San Juanico, San Juanico splitfin—Represa San Juanico, north of Cotija, Michoacan (closed basin).

Characodon audax Smith and Miller, Mexcalpique de Toboso, bold characodon--outflow of El Ojo de .Agua de las Mujeres, El Toboso, Durango (closed basin).

- C. garrnani Jordan and Evennann, Mexcalpique de Parras, Panas characodon--Parras, Coahui- la, Rio Nazas basin.

C. lateralis Gunther, Mexcalpique arcoiris, rainbow characodon--Pacific slope, headwaters of Rio Mezquital, Durango.

Girardinichthys multiradiatus ( Meek), Mexcalpique de alta Lerma, darkedged splitfin--Pa- cific slope, upper basins of nos Lerma and Balsas and Laguna de Zempoala, in Mexico, Michoacan, and Morelos.

G. viviparus (Bustamante), Mexcalpique del Valle de Mexico, Chapultepec splitfin--Valle de Mexico; gained access to Rio Tula basin through canal connection, Mexico.

Goodea atripinnis Jordan, tiro criollo, blackfin goodea—Pacific slope, Rio Lerma-Rio Grande de Santiago basins and former connectives, including Rio Ameca drainage and endorhe-

16 ic Laguna Magdalena; also in rios Balsas and Armeria basins and independent Pacific tributaries in Nayarit.

G. gracilis Hubbs and Turner), tiro oscuro, dusky goodea--Atlantic slope, rios Santa Maria and San Juan, upper tributaries to Rio Panuco, Queretaro and San Luis Potosi.

G. luitpokii (Therese von Bayern and Steindachner), tiro de Patzcuaro, green goodea--Pacific slope and endorheic basins, lagos Chapala, Patzcuaro, and Zacoalco, and adjacent waters.

G. toweri Meek, tiro cola azul, bluetail goodea--Atlantic slope, upper Rio Verde near La Media Luna, near Rioverde, and in Puerta del Rio south of Villa Juarez, Rio Panuco basin, San Luis Potosi.

Hubbsina turner' de Buen, Mexcalpique Michoacana, highland splitfin--Endorheic Rio Grande de Morelia, Michoacan, on Pacific slope in Laguna Zacapu and Lago Yuriria, Rio Lerma basin, in Michoacan and Guanajuato.

Ilyodon furcidens ( Jordan and Gilbert), Mexcalpique del Armeria, goldbreast cific slope, basins of rios Ameca„Anneria, and Coahuayana, Colima, Michoacan, and Jalisco.

I. whitei (Meek), Mexcalpique cola partida, Balsas splitfin--Pacific slope, upper tributaries to Rio Balsas, Mexico, Michoacan, and Morelos.

Skiffia blithe= (Bean), tiro de dos rayas, twoline skiffia—Pacific slope, Rio Lerma-Rio Grande de Santiago basin and endorheic Rio Grande de Morelia basin, Guanajuato, Jalisco, and Michoacan.

S. francesae Kingston, tiro dorado, golden skiffia--Pacific slope, only from Rio Teuchitlan of Rio Ameca basin, Jalisco.

S. lermae Meek, tiro olivo, olive skiffia—Pacific slope, basin of Rio Lerma, including endor- heic Rio Grande de Morelia, Lago Patzcuaro, and I Ago Zirahuen, Guanajuato and Michoacan.

S. multipunctata (Pellegrin), tiro manchado, splotched skiffia--Pacific slope, Rio Lerma-Rio Grande de Santio basin (above el Salto de Juanacatlan), Jalisco and Michoacan.

Xenoophorus captivus (Hubbs), Mexcalpique viejo, relict splitfin--Atlantic slope and endorheic basins, headwaters of Rio Santa Maria above Santa Maria del Rio, spring-fed streams near northern end of Valle de San Luis Potosi, and at Illescas, northeast of Zacatecas, in San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas.

Xenotaenia resolanae Turner, Mexcalpique leopard°, leopard splitfin--Pacific slope, in basins of rios Cuitzmala, Purificacion and Chacala (= Cichuatlan or Maravasco), Jalisco and Colima.

Xenotoca eiseni (Rutter), Mexcalpique cola roja, redtail splitfin—Pacific slope, tributaries to Rio Grande de Santiago near Tepic, Nayarit, independent Pacific tributaries south of Tepic, Rio Ameca basin and nearby Lake Magdalena, and Rio Coahuayana basin, Jalisco and Nayarit.

17 X. melanosoma Fitzsimons, Mexcalpique negro, black splitfin—Pacific slope, Rio Lerma-Rio Grande de Santiago basin (Lago Chapala and vicinity), Rio Ameca basin, and headwaters of Rio Coahuayana; in endorheic basins of lagos Magdalena, Zacoalco, San Marcos, Atotonilco, and Zapotlan, Jalisco.

X. variata (Bean), pintada, jeweled splitfin--Pacific slope, basin of Rio Lerma-Rio Grande de Santiago, interior waters (including Lago Cuitzeo) of Rio Grande de Morelia basin; Atlantic slope, in Rio Santa Maria drainage, an upper tributary of Rio Panuco; in Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan, Queretaro, and San Luis Potosi.

Zoogoneticus quitzeoensis (Bean), picote, picote splitfin--Pacific slope, basins of Rio Ameca, Rio Lerma-Santiago de Santiago (above El Salto de Juanacatlan), including lagos Chapala and Cuitzeo, and Rio Armeria (Lake Unio de Tula, now dry) and endorheic lagos Atotonilco and San Marcos, in Guanajuato, Jalisco, and Michoacan.

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