💧 Freshwater
Critically Endangered
🌡️ Tropical
Zirahuen allotica
Allotoca meeki Álvarez, 1959
📖 Overview
Adults inhabit small, deep mountain lake with sandy bottom which is partly covered with mud . Migratory behaviour is undetermined .
Scientific Name
Allotoca meeki
Authority
Álvarez, 1959
Habitat
Freshwater
Climate
Tropical
IUCN Status
CR
Max Length
7 cm
Trophic Level
2.2
Vulnerability
10.00/100
Salinity
0–0.5 ppt
🔬 Taxonomy
Class
Teleostei
Teleostei
Order
Cyprinodontiformes
Cyprinodontiformes
Family
Goodeidae
Goodeidae
Genus
Allotoca
Allotoca
Species
Zirahuen allotica
Allotoca meeki
🐟 Physical Description
Physical description for Zirahuen allotica is currently being compiled.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Zirahuen allotica is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
algae
aquatic plants
detritus
🥚 Reproduction
🐣 Viviparous
🤰 Viviparous
Viviparous.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical; 20°C - ? Central America: restricted to the Lake Zirahuen in Michoacan, Mexico.
🌿 Ecology
Zone Preferences
💧 Freshwater
⬇️ Benthic
Trophic Level
2.2±0.1
📐 Morphometrics
Length–Weight Relationship:
W = 0.00389 × L3.12
(TL)
Max TL
7cm
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
Salinity Range
0–0.5ppt
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
IUCN Category
Critically Endangered
Assessment Date
2018
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
Fishing Vulnerability
10.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
2.2
Omnivore / Planktivore
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Álvarez, 1959
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