Chirostoma charari

Chirostoma charari
Conservation status
	Extinct
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Atherinopsidae
Genus:	Chirostoma
Species:	C. charari
Binomial name
	Chirostoma charari; de Buen, 1945
Synonyms
	Eslopsarum bartoni charari;

Chirostoma charari, the least silverside, is an extinct species of neotropical silverside endemic to Mexico.^[1] This species was only found in a spring in the Lake Cuitzeo basin on the Mesa Central of the Mexican Plateau. It had a longer head and jaw, as well as larger teeth and eyes than other Chirostoma species.^[2]

References

^ Burkhead, Noel M (September 2012). "Extinction Rates in North American Freshwater Fishes, 1900–2010" (PDF). BioScience. 62 (9): 798–808. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
^ Barbour, Clyde D (28 August 1973). "A Biogeographical History of Chirostoma (Pisces: Atherinidae): A Species Flock from the Mexican Plateau". Copeia. 1973 (3): 533–556. Retrieved 16 December 2016.

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[1] Burkhead, Noel M (September 2012). "Extinction Rates in North American Freshwater Fishes, 1900–2010" (PDF). BioScience. 62 (9): 798–808. Retrieved 15 December 2016.

[barbour-2] Barbour, Clyde D (28 August 1973). "A Biogeographical History of Chirostoma (Pisces: Atherinidae): A Species Flock from the Mexican Plateau". Copeia. 1973 (3): 533–556. Retrieved 16 December 2016.

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