Chirostoma charari
| Chirostoma charari | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Atherinopsidae |
| Genus: | Chirostoma |
| Species: | C. charari |
| Binomial name | |
| Chirostoma charari de Buen, 1945 | |
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Chirostoma charari, the least silverside, is a species of neotropical silverside endemic to Mexico. This species has only been found in a spring in the Lake Cuitzeo basin on the Mesa Central of the Mexican Plateau. It has a longer head and jaw, as well as larger teeth and eyes than other Chirostoma species. Its status is rated as Critically Endangered by the IUCN, and may possibly be extinct.
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