{"id":8126,"date":"2023-05-10T13:18:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T11:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/?post_type=animal&#038;p=8126"},"modified":"2023-07-25T14:37:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T12:37:55","slug":"butterfly-splitfin","status":"publish","type":"animal","link":"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/en\/animals\/butterfly-splitfin\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterfly Splitfin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n    <div class=\"zoo-animal-details\">\n        <div class=\"born-container is-default\">\n            <div class=\"inner\">\n\n                \n                    <div class=\"item\">\n                        <div class=\"icon\">\n                            <img srcset=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pasaules-Sarkana-gramata-bistami-apdraudeta-suga.png 2x\" alt=\"\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"text\">\n                            IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    \n                    <div class=\"item\">\n                        <div class=\"icon\">\n                            <img srcset=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/logo-eep-1.png 2x\" alt=\"\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"text\">\n                            EEP (EAZA Ex-situ Programme)                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    \n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n<p>Butterfly Splitfin is a rare livebearer species that once was already thought to be extinct in the wild (such a status was officially assigned in 1996). Later, though, a wild population was rediscovered again, so in 2019 the status was changed to Critically Endangered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Butterfly Splitfin occurs only in a small area in Mexican state of Jalisco where it is currently found near Teuchitl\u00e1n (Ameca River drainage). The numbers are decreasing.&nbsp;<br>Main threats include water pollution and invasive fish species (especially&nbsp;<em>Poecilia mexicana, Pseudoxiphophorus bimaculatus<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Xiphophorus hellerii<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conservation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25a0 Included in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as&nbsp;<strong>Critically Endangered<\/strong>&nbsp;(CR) since 2019.<br>\u25a0 The species is managed under the&nbsp;<strong>EEP&nbsp;<\/strong>(EAZA Ex-situ Programme).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Taxonomy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25a0 Phylum Chordata \u2013 chordates<br>\u25a0 Class Actinopterygii \u2013 ray-finned fishes<br>\u25a0 Order Cyprinodontiformes \u2013 toothcarps<br>\u25a0 Family Goodeidae \u2013 splitfins<br>\u25a0 Species&nbsp;<em>Ameca splendens<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Butterfly Splitfin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3652,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","inline_featured_image":false},"animal-category":[37,36],"animal-filter-1":[],"animal-filter-2":[],"class_list":["post-8126","animal","type-animal","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Butterfly Splitfin - Zoo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/en\/animals\/butterfly-splitfin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Butterfly Splitfin - Zoo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Butterfly Splitfin is a rare livebearer species that once was already thought to be extinct in the wild (such a status was officially assigned in 1996). 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