Goodeidae

Splitfins
Temporal range: Middle Miocene–present
Redtail splitfin, Xenotoca eiseni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Ovalentaria
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Suborder: Cyprinodontoidei
Family: Goodeidae
Jordan & Gilbert 1883[1]
Subfamilies

Empetrichthyinae
Goodeinae
See text for genera and species.

Goodeidae is a family of teleost fish endemic to Mexico and some areas of the United States. Many species are known as splitfins. This family contains about 50 species within 18 genera.[2][3] The family is named after ichthyologist George Brown Goode (1851–1896).[4]

The earliest fossil goodeid is Tapatia, a goodeine from the middle Miocene of Mexico. The earliest fossil empetrichthyine is Empetrichthys erdisi from the Miocene or Pliocene of California.[5][6]

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  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Goodeidae". FishBase. February 2006 version.
  3. ^ Webb, S.A.; Graves, J.A.; Macías-Garcia, C.; Magurran, A.E.; O'Foighil, D. & Ritchie, M.G. (2004). "Molecular phylogeny of the livebearing Goodeidae (Cyprinodontiformes)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 30 (3): 527–544. Bibcode:2004MolPE..30..527W. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00257-4. PMID 15012937.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 April 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families PANTANODONTIDAE, CYPRINODONTIDAE, PROFUNDULIDAE, GOODEIDAE, FUNDULIDAE and FLUVIPHYLACIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  5. ^ Webb, Shane A.; Graves, Jefferson A.; Macias-Garcia, Constantino; Magurran, Anne E.; Foighil, Diarmaid Ó; Ritchie, Michael G. (2004-03-01). "Molecular phylogeny of the livebearing Goodeidae (Cyprinodontiformes)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 30 (3): 527–544. Bibcode:2004MolPE..30..527W. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00257-4. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 15012937.
  6. ^ Jimenez, Miguel; Goodchild, Shawn C.; Stockwell, Craig A.; Lema, Sean C. (2017-08-30). "Characterization and phylogenetic analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes for two desert cyprinodontoid fishes, Empetrichthys latos and Crenichthys baileyi". Gene. 626: 163–172. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2017.05.023. ISSN 0378-1119.