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Species in the genus Ameca: [ 2 ] records

splendens, Ameca Gärtner [G.] 1981:138, Fig. [ ref. 8599] Clear-water highland brooks, Mexico. Described as "Ameca n. sp. Ameca splendens n. sp." If it was in fact intended as a new species, then it is preoccupied (and objectivley invalid) by Ameca splendens Miller & Fitzsimons 1971. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Ameca splendens Miller & Fitzsimons 1971. Goodeidae: Goodeinae. Habitat: freshwater.

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 et al. 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], Fricke et al. 2024:440 [ref. 41622]). 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 (Mexico) endemic. Habitat: freshwater.