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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Goodeidae (Splitfins) > Goodeinae
Etymology: Allotoca: Greek, allos = other + Greek, tokos = birth (Ref. 45335). The transliterated Latin terminal part of the compound name ('tocus') was changed to 'toca', thus the genus is feminine (Ref. 35111); zacapuensis: Named for its known distribution, the basin Lagoon de Zacapu (Ref. 42981).

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Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 7.0 - 7.0. Tropical; 17°C - 20°C (Ref. 42981)

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North America: Zacapu, Michoacán, Mexico.

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Maturity: L_m 4.1 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 42981)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18 - 20; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 13; Vertebrae: 30 - 32. Abdomopodium rays 2-7 thickened basally and curved anteriorly; series of 10-14 dark brown pigmented v-shaped vertical bars along sides; adult males with dark brown area surrounding about and in front of genital region; dark brown abdominal pigmentation (Ref. 42981).

Found in turbid water, over mud bottoms (Ref. 42981). Hides under vegetation (Ref. 42981).

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Meyer, M.K., A.C. Radda and O.D. Domíguez, 2001. Notes on the genera Neoophorus Hubbs & Turner, 1937 and Allotoca Hubbs & Turner, 1937, with a description of a new species of Allotoca from Laguna de Zacapu, Michoacán, Mexico (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes:Goodeidae). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 103B:453-460. (Ref. 42981)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Critically Endangered (CR) (B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv)); Date assessed: 08 March 2018

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Allotoca zacapuensis Meyer, Radda & Domínguez-Domínguez, 2001