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Schönhuth, S., Doadrio, I., Dominguez-Dominguez, O., Hillis, D.M. & Mayden, R.L. 2008. Molecular evolution of southern North American Cyprinidae (Actinopterygii), with the description of the new genus Tampichthys from central Mexico. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 47 (2): 729–756.