Carlhubbsia is a genus of poeciliids native to Guatemala and Mexico. The name of this genus honours the American ichthyologist Carl Leavitt Hubbs (1894-1979) who originally named the genus Allophallus, a name which was preoccupied by a genus of Diptera.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Tribe: | Girardini |
| Genus: | Carlhubbsia Whitley, 1951 |
| Type species | |
| Allophallus kidderi Hubbs, 1936[1]
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Species
editThere are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Carlhubbsia kidderi (C. L. Hubbs, 1936) (Champoton gambusia)
- Carlhubbsia stuarti D. E. Rosen & R. M. Bailey, 1959 (Barred livebearer)
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Carlhubbsia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Carlhubbsia". FishBase. August 2012 version.
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