Stumptooth minnow

Stumptooth minnow

Extinct (1930)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: †
Garman, 1881
Species:
†S. signifer
Binomial name
†Stypodon signifer
Garman, 1881

The stumptooth minnow (Stypodon signifer) is an extinct species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2] This species was endemic to Mexico, being found only in the Valle de Parras in the Chihuahuan Desert in Coahuila state. It is thought to have become extinct around 1930.[1]

Sources

  1. ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre (2019). "Stypodon signifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T21120A2774500. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T21120A2774500.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Styodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 March 2025.


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