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Acuario Juan Luis Cifuentes LemusFES Iztacala · UNAM
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Species

What is in the tanks changes. This section is updated as organisms come and go, so it is not a fixed catalogue: it is what is there today.

In the tanks right now

  • Pez cebra

    Danio rerio

    Updated on

  • Pez espada

    Xiphophorus helleri

    Updated on

Aquaculture and research

Besides the exhibition, the laboratory cultivates species for research and production. Those are stable, and they are what several theses are built on.

  • Trucha arcoíris

    Oncorhynchus mykiss

    Especie de cultivo del laboratorio y sujeto de dos de las cuatro líneas de investigación activas.

  • Langostino prieto

    Macrobrachium mexicanum

    Especie de cultivo. Su nombre científico cambió: antes se le refería como Macrobrachium acanthurus.