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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Leuciscinae
Etymology: Algansea: Latin, algensis, -e = somebody that eats algae; cited by Plinius (Ref. 45335).

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Freshwater; pelagic. Subtropical, preferred ?

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North America: Mexico. Endemic to the eastern headwaters of the Ameca River basin in west-central Mexico in the state of Jalisco (Ref. 82373).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 82373)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

24-25 transverse scales (rarely 26); 14 upper row scales (occasionally 13 or 15); 14-19 pores in the infraorbital head sensory canal (usually 15-16). Body is divided dorsoventrally into 4 pigmentation zones as follows: a dark dorsal region; a light band equal to or greater than the width of the pupil; a prominent dark lateral stripe along body, considerably narrower at the anterior region just before the opercular opening; and a silver ventral region. Black spot at the base of caudal fi n set off from lateral stripe by a constriction of the pigment band, the spot extending out onto median caudal interradial membranes. Lateral line pigmented, edged by high concentrations of melanophores around scale pores (Ref. 82373).

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Pérez-Rodríguez, R., G. Pérez-Ponce de León, O. Domínguez-Domínguez and I. Doadrio, 2009. A new species of Algansea (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) from the Ameca River basin, in Central Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 80:483-490. (Ref. 82373)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Algansea amecae Pérez-Rodríguez, Pérez-Ponce de León, Domínguez-Domínguez & Doadrio, 2009