Striped goodeid

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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Koeck, M. |date=2019 |title=Ataeniobius toweri |volume=2019 |page=e.T2271A2782910 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T2271A2782910.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| parent_authority = C. L. Hubbs & C. L. Turner, 1939

| taxon = Ataeniobius toweri

| authority = (Meek, 1904)

| synonyms = Goodea toweri Meek, 1904

| synonyms_ref = {{Fishbase|Ataeniobius|toweri|month=April|year=2019}}

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The striped goodeid, bluetail goodeid or bluetail goodea (Ataeniobius toweri) is an endangered species of fish in the family Goodeidae. Its genus Ataeniobius is monotypic. It is endemic to the Río Verde and associated waters, including the Media Luna and Los Anteojitos lakes (all part of the Pánuco River basin), in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.{{cite web | url=http://www.goodeidworkinggroup.com/ataeniobius-toweri |title=Ataeniobius toweri | publisher=Goodeid Working Group |accessdate=23 September 2018 }} The specific name of this fish honours its discoverer, the America evolutionary biologist William Lawrence Tower (1872–1955) of the University of Chicago.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes3/ | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 26 April 2019 | title= Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families PANTANODONTIDAE, CYPRINODONTIDAE, PROFUNDULIDAE, GOODEIDAE, FUNDULIDAE and FLUVIPHYLACIDAE | accessdate = 17 September 2019 | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara}}