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Banded Allotoca

Allotoca goslinei Smith & Miller, 1987

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Figure 1; Photos of eight representative goodeid fishes. All photos taken by John Lyons of freshly preserved, wild-caught, adult, male specimens. A Allotoca goslinei, Potrero Grande Stream, Jalisco, 8 January 2004 B Alloophorus robustus, Opopeo Lake, Michoacán, 9 January 2011 C Ameca splendens, Almoloya Springs, Jalisco, 17 January 2008 D Chapalichthys encaustus, Lake Chapala near Ajijic, Jalisco, 6 January 2005 E Goodea atripinnis, Tierra Quemada Stream, San Luis Potosí, 15 January 2011 F Skiffia lermae, Zacapu Lake, Michoacán, 11 January 2005 G Xenotaenia resolanae, Cuzalapa River, Jalisco,

Figure 1; Photos of eight representative goodeid fishes. All photos taken by John Lyons of freshly preserved, wild-caught, adult, male specimens. A Allotoca goslinei, Potrero Grande Stream, Jalisco, 8 January 2004 B Alloophorus robustus, Opopeo Lake, Michoacán, 9 January 2011 C Ameca splendens, Almoloya Springs, Jalisco, 17 January 2008 D Chapalichthys encaustus, Lake Chapala near Ajijic, Jalisco, 6 January 2005 E Goodea atripinnis, Tierra Quemada Stream, San Luis Potosí, 15 January 2011 F Skiffia lermae, Zacapu Lake, Michoacán, 11 January 2005 G Xenotaenia resolanae, Cuzalapa River, Jalisco, 10 January 2006 H Xenotoca doadrioi, San Marcos Stream, Jalisco, 9 January 2005.

Lyons J, Piller KR, Artigas-Azas JM, Dominguez-Dominguez O, Gesundheit P, Köck M, Medina-Nava M, Mercado-Silva N, García AR, Findley KM (2019) Distribution and current conservation status of the Mexican Goodeidae (Actinopterygii, Cyprinodontiformes). ZooKeys 885: 115-158. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.885.38152 · CC BY 4.0 · Image source

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Open encyclopedia reference

Allotoca goslinei, commonly known as the banded allotoca or tiro rayado in Spanish, is a species of fish in the family Goodeidae. First described in 1987, it was once endemic only to the Ameca River basin in the Mexican state of Jalisco. It is now known to be extinct in the wild.

Its specific name honors American ichthyologist William A. Gosline for his research on cyprinodontoid fish.

Wikipedia contributors, Allotoca goslinei; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:54:44.911616+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Allotoca goslinei Smith & Miller, 1987
Name authority
Smith & Miller, 1987
Common name
Banded Allotoca
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cyprinodontiformes
Family
Goodeidae
Genus
Allotoca
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCyprinodontiformes
  11. familyGoodeidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
  12. subfamilyGoodeinae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
  13. genusAllotoca Hubbs & Turner, 1939
  14. speciesAllotoca goslinei Smith & Miller, 1987

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Allotoca. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Allotoca zacapuensis Meyer, Radda & Domínguez-Domínguez, 2001GoodeidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Catarina AllotocaAllotoca catarinae (de Buen, 1942)GoodeidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Patzcuaro allotocaAllotoca diazi (Meek, 1902)GoodeidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Allotoca regalis (Álvarez, 1959)GoodeidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 36 records assigned to Goodeidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Smith, M. L., & Miller, R. R. (1987). Allotoca goslinei, a new species of goodeid fish from Jalisco, Mexico. Copeia, 1987 (3): 610–616. https://doi.org/10.2307/1445653 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:BZTV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.