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Freshwater fish of Mexico — species native to rivers, lakes, streams, and ephemeral waters within Mexican North America; Pages in category "Freshwater fish of ...
Splendid toadfish. Stumptooth minnow. Categories: Vertebrates of Mexico. Fish of North America. Fish by country. Water in Mexico. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Conch. Concha (lit.: " mollusk shell" or "inner ear") is an offensive word for a woman's vulva or vagina (i.e. something akin to English cunt) in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Mexico. In the rest of Latin America and Spain however, the word is only used with its literal meaning.
Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups. Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings. Scientific names for individual species and higher taxa are included in parentheses.
Mexican golden trout are brightly colored with blue parr marks on both males and females along the side of the body. Purple scaling is visible along the lateral line. Both sexes also have bright golden-yellow belly coloration. The top of the fish and the tailfin are covered in small black spots with much larger spotting on the dorsal fin.
Hypostomus plecostomus, also known as the suckermouth catfish or common pleco, is a tropical lizard-like freshwater fish belonging to the armored catfish family (Loricariidae), named for the longitudinal rows of armor -like scutes that cover the upper parts of the head and body (the lower surface of head and abdomen is naked soft skin).
The Mexican roundtail chub ( Gila minacae) is a cyprinid fish endemic to Mexico. Gilas are very closely related, and scientist have had trouble characterizing them and have revised the western clade. Gila are known as western chub and are an old group. There are at least 19 described species and are confined to small portions of freshwater rivers.
Steindachner, 1863 [2] Synonyms. P oecilia cuneata Garman, 1895. Poecilia limantouri Jordan & Snyder, 1899. Poecilia mexicana, commonly known as the shortfin molly or Atlantic molly, is a species of poeciliid fish native to fresh and brackish water in Mexico and Guatemala. One population is found in caves and known as the cave molly. [2][3]