{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = Profundulus kreiseri, USM 39022, holotype.png | image_caption = ''Profundulus kreiseri'' holotype | genus = Profundulus | species = kreiseri | authority = Matamoros, Chakrabarty, Schaefer, and Hernández, 2012 }}
'''''Profundulus kreiseri''''' is a species of killifish native to the Chamelecón and Ulúa rivers in Honduras. It was first collected in 2009 and described as a new species in 2012.<ref name="KREISERI">{{cite journal |last1=Matamoros |first1=Wilfredo |last2=Chakrabarty |first2=Prosanta |last3=Schaefer |first3=Jacob |last4=Hernández |first4=Carmen |title=Profundulus kreiseri, a new species of Profundulidae (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes) from northwestern Honduras |journal=ZooKeys |date=October 5, 2012 |volume=227 |issue=1 |pages=49-62 |url=https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3164/ |access-date=August 19, 2025}}</ref>
== Description ==
''Profundulus kreiseri'' grows to around 6 cm (2.4 in) in length. It is a brown color, with a golden blotch found on the operculum and lateral dark stripe. The head is covered in deeply-embedded scales.<ref name="KREISERI" />
== Etymology ==
The specific name, ''kreiseri'', is in honor of Brian Kreiser, the doctoral advisor of paper author Wilfredo Matamoros.<ref name="KREISERI" />
== Taxonomic evaluation ==
''Profundulus kreiseri'' was placed in the ''Profundulus'' subgenus and found to be the sister taxon to ''P. guatemalensis''.<ref name="KREISERI" />
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Category:Profundulidae Category:Fish of Honduras Category:Fish described in 2012