Aztecula grandis, Zacapu shiner

Aztecula grandis (Domínguez-Domínguez, Pérez-Rodríguez, Escalera-Vázquez & Doadrio, 2009)

Zacapu shiner
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology: Aztecula: From the Aztec people in Mejico; grandis: The specific name grandis, refers to the larger size of this species relative to the other members of the N. calientis complex.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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Central America: known only from the Zacapu Lake and its outlet in Michoacan, Mexico.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 84762)

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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 9; Anal spines: 1 - 2; Anal soft rays: 6 - 7. Can be distinguished by the following combination of characters: anal fin with 6 branched rays, rarely 7; scales in a lateral series 42, rarely 40-41, or 43-45; 10-11 gill rakers in the first arch; a dark lateral stripe widens from approximately the pectoral fin origin to the dorsal fin origin, forming a slightly convex segment (Ref. 84762).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits Lake Zacapu which is fed by at least 12 large springs. The spring water is clean and supports dense vegetation. The rest of the lake has turbid water with less vegetation than the spring area (Ref. 84762).

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Domínguez-Domínguez, O., R. Pérez-Rodríguez, L.H. Escalera-Vázquez and I. Doadrio, 2009. Two new species of the genus Notropis Rafinesque, 1817 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from the Lerma River Basin in Central Mexico. Hidrobiológica 19(2):159-172. (Ref. 84762)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Endangered (EN) (B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v)); Date assessed: 05 March 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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