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Eponymy: Miguel Francisco Nepomuceno María José Ignacio Bustamante Praxedis Septién (1790– 1844) was the first Mexican to scientifically describe a Mexican fish, Cyprinus viviparus – now Girardinichthys viviparus (1837). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Issue
Needs a taxonomic reference.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
North America: Mexico.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
IUCN, 1990. 1990 IUCN red list of threatened animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K. 288 p. (Ref. 3881)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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