splendens, Ameca Miller [R. R.] & Fitzsimons [J. M.] 1971:3, Fig. 1-2, 4-6 [Copeia 1971 (no. 1); ref. 3019] Río Teuchitlán, just below Teuchitlán, Jalisco, Mexico. Holotype: UMMZ 172227. Paratypes: UMMZ 160912 (9), 17228 (1), 172229 (198, 18 c&s), 173801 (10). •Valid as Ameca splendens Miller & Fitzsimons 1971 -- (Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:39 [ref. 22290], Fuller et al. 1999:322 [ref. 25838], Nelson et al. 2004:106 [ref. 27807], Nelson et al. 2004:106 [ref. 27807], Miller 2006:275 [ref. 28615], Scharpf 2007:26 [ref. 30398], Minckley & Marsh 2009:233 [ref. 31114], Page et al. 2013:104 [ref. 32708], Huber 2019:23 [ref. 36941], Lyons et al. 2019:130 [ref. 37104], Page et al. 2023:144 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Ameca splendens Miller & Fitzsimons 1971. Goodeidae: Goodeinae. Distribution: Southern North America: Lake Magdalena basin, Lake Sayula basin, Ameca River basin, Jalisco (Pacific slope of Mexico). Habitat: freshwater.