Cubanichthys is a small genus of pupfishes endemic to the Caribbean Islands of Cuba and Jamaica. The name of this genus is a compound of Cuba, where the genus was thought to be endemic until C. pengellyi was placed in the genus, and the Greek word for fish, ichthys.[2]
^Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Cubanichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
^Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 April 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families PANTANODONTIDAE, CYPRINODONTIDAE, PROFUNDULIDAE, GOODEIDAE, FUNDULIDAE and FLUVIPHYLACIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
two recognized species in this genus: Cubanichthys cubensis (C. H. Eigenmann, 1903) (Cuban killifish) Cubanichthys pengelleyi (Fowler, 1939) (Jamaican killifish)...
Cubanichthys pengelleyi, the Jamaican killifish, is a species of killifish from the family Cyprinodontidae, the pupfishes, which is endemic to Jamaica...
diet consists of the larvae of mosquitoes. Cubanichthys cubensis is the type species of the genus Cubanichthys. It was originally described in 1903 as Fundulus...
Yssolebiini. It has been suggested that this species is a member of the genus Cubanichthys. Bailly, Nicolas (2021). "Yssolebias martae (Steindachner, 1876)". WoRMS...
Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883 (Plains killifish) The Cuban killifish (Cubanichthys cubensis, a pupfish) was formerly placed in Fundulus. Wikimedia Commons...
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