Image of Profundulus

Description:

Figure 2.Photographs of preserved specimens of A Profundulus kreiseri sp. n., USM 39022, holotype, 53.2 mm SL, Río Chamelecón, Honduras B Profundulus punctatus, UMMZ 194154, 47.0 mm SL, Rio Nahualete, Guatemala; and C Profundulus guatemalensis, UMMZ 190542, 43.7 mm SL, Río Maria Linda, Guatemala. The diagnostic characters of each species (A–C) are shown in D–F the white bar shows the extent of squamation on the caudal fin D Profundulus kreiseri sp. n., USM 39022, holotype (note that scales cover less than half of the caudal fin, and there are no rows of dark spots on the caudal peduncle and caudal-fin base) E Profundulus punctatus, UMMZ 194154 (note that the entire anterior half of the caudal fin is covered with scales, and rows of dark dots occur on the caudal peduncle and caudal-fin base; and F Profundulus guatemalensis, UMMZ 190542 (note that scales extend beyond the midpoint of the caudal fin, and there are no rows of dark spots on the posterior portion of the caudal peduncle and caudal-fin base).