Chirostoma charari

Chirostoma charari

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinopsidae
Genus: Chirostoma
Species:
C. charari
Binomial name
Chirostoma charari
de Buen, 1945
Synonyms
  • Eslopsarum bartoni charari

Chirostoma charari, the least silverside, is a species of neotropical silverside endemic to Mexico.[2] This species has only been found in a spring in the Lake Cuitzeo basin on the Mesa Central of the Mexican Plateau. It has a longer head and jaw, as well as larger teeth and eyes than other Chirostoma species.[3] Its status is rated as Critically Endangered by the IUCN, and may possibly be extinct.

  1. ^ Mercado Silva, N.; Espinosa Pérez, H. (2019). "BChirostoma charari. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T191131A1970680". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191131A1970680.en. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  2. ^ Burkhead, Noel M (September 2012). "Extinction Rates in North American Freshwater Fishes, 1900–2010" (PDF). BioScience. 62 (9): 798–808. doi:10.1525/bio.2012.62.9.5. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  3. ^ Barbour, Clyde D (28 August 1973). "A Biogeographical History of Chirostoma (Pisces: Atherinidae): A Species Flock from the Mexican Plateau". Copeia. 1973 (3): 533–556. doi:10.2307/1443118. JSTOR 1443118.