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Tampichthys
Tampichthys is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. The fishes in this genus are endemic to east–central Mexico. They are entirely restricted to the Pánuco River basin, except T. ipni, which also occurs in some other Mexican rivers that drain into the Gulf of Mexico.
These are small fish, generally no more than 9 cm (3.5 in) long, and overall brownish-silvery with a distinct dark horizontal line from the head to the tail base.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Lantern Minnow
speciesTampichthys ipni

Flatjaw Minnow
speciesTampichthys mandibularis
Bicolor Minnow
speciesTampichthys dichroma
Pánuco Minnow
speciesTampichthys catostomops
Chubsucker Minnow
speciesTampichthys erimyzonops
Blackstripe Minnow
speciesTampichthys rasconis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 92372.