Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES
Compiler and date details
15 August 2014 - Douglass F. Hoese & Matthew M. Lockett
20 December 2006 - Douglass F. Hoese
Introduction
This order includes 10 families, 109 genera and about 1013 species, largely found in fresh and brackish waters of the Americas and Africa to Asia (Nelson 2006). No species in the order is native to Australia. Several species have been introduced for mosquito control or through release of aquarium fishes (Allen et al. 2002). Species in two families now have found in the wild in Australia, with several species having breeding populations.
General References
Harris, J.H. 2013. 11. Fishes from elsewhere. pp. 259-282 in Humphries, P. & Walker, K. (eds). Ecology of Australian Freshwater Fishes. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 423 pp.
Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 601 pp.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Sep-2014 | CYPRINODONTIFORMES | 18-Aug-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |