Goodea luitpoldii

Goodea luitpoldii, the green goodea, is a species of killifish from the family Goodeidae which is endemic to the drainage basin of the Lerma River and the Grande de Santiago River in Mexico.^[1] This species was Species description described as Characodon luitpoldii by Franz Steindachner in 1894 with the type locality given as Lake Pátzcuaro in Michoacán.^[2] The identity of the person honoured in its specific name is unknown but it is thought likely to be Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821-1912) whose daughter, Princess Therese of Bavaria (1850-1925) was an explorer and amateur naturalist and she collected the type.^[3]

Goodea luitpoldii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Goodeidae
Genus:	Goodea
Species:	G. luitpoldii
Binomial name
Goodea luitpoldii (Steindachner, 1894)
Synonyms[1]
Characodon luitpoldii Steindachner, 1894