Salvador Contreras Balderas, Mexican ichthyologist (Ciudad de Mexico 19 February 1936 – San Nicolás de lós Garza, Nuevo León 11 February 2009)

Authored over 150 publications

DESCRIBED VALID FISH SPECIES

Algansea monticola 1968 with Barbour

Bramocharax caballeroi 1985 with Rivera-Teillery

Cyprinella alvarezdelvillari 1994 with Lozano-Villano

Cyprinodon bobmilleri 1999 with Lozano-Villano

Cyprinodon ceciliae 1993 with Lozano-Villano

Cyprinodon inmemoriam 1993 with Lozano-Villano

Cyprinodon longidorsalis 1993 with Lozano-Villano

Cyprinodon veronicae 1993 with Lozano-Villano

Fundulus philpisteri 2007 with Garcia Ramírez & Lozano-Villano

Notropis aguirrepequenoi 1973 with Rivera-Teillery

Rocio gemmata 2007 with Schmitter Soto

Tampichthys mandibularis 1977 with Verduzco Martínez

Xiphophorus marmoratus 1988 with Obregón Barboza

Described a new crustacean species Speocirolana guerrai 1982