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Splitfins
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Splitfins

Goodeidae

Splitfins are a family, Goodeidae, of teleost fish endemic to Mexico and some areas of the United States. This family contains 40 species within 18 genera. The family is named after ichthyologist George Brown Goode.

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2 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 44 known species

Mexican Splitfins

subfamilyGoodeinae

Springfishes and Poolfishes

subfamilyEmpetrichthyinae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85793.