| Chirostoma charari | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Atherinopsidae |
| Genus: | Chirostoma |
| Species: | C. charari |
| Binomial name | |
| Chirostoma charari de Buen, 1945 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chirostoma charari, the least silverside, is a species of neotropical silverside endemic to Mexico. This species has only been found in a spring in the Lake Cuitzeo basin on the Mesa Central of the Mexican Plateau. It has a longer head and jaw, as well as larger teeth and eyes than other Chirostoma species. Its status is rated as Critically Endangered by the IUCN, and may possibly be extinct.
References
- Mercado Silva, N.; Espinosa Pérez, H. (2019). "BChirostoma charari. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T191131A1970680". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191131A1970680.en. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- Burkhead, Noel M (September 2012). "Extinction Rates in North American Freshwater Fishes, 1900–2010" (PDF). BioScience. 62 (9): 798–808. doi:10.1525/bio.2012.62.9.5. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- Barbour, Clyde D (28 August 1973). "A Biogeographical History of Chirostoma (Pisces: Atherinidae): A Species Flock from the Mexican Plateau". Copeia. 1973 (3): 533–556. doi:10.2307/1443118. JSTOR 1443118.
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| Chirostoma charari | |
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