Lake Zirahuén is a small endorheic lake in the municipality of Santa Clara del Cobre in Michoacán, Mexico. It is a deep mountain lake with a sandy bottom that is partially covered with mud."Allotoca meeki, Zirahuen allotica (Alvarez, 1959)", Fishbase. Accessed November 15, 2009. It covers an area of and has a volume of .
At times Lake Zirahuén has been part of an open and continuous hydrological system together with Lake Cuitzeo and Lake Pátzcuaro, draining into the Lerma River. Today it is a closed basin like Lakes Cuitzeo and Pátzcuaro, although ecologists consider it a sub-basin of the Lerma-Chapala basin."Descripción de la cuenca", "Recuperación Ambiental del Lago de Pátzcuaro". Accessed October 18, 2009.
The Zirahuén allotica (Allotoca meeki), a Goodeid fish, is endemic to Lake Zirahuén."Allotoca meeki, Zirahuen allotica (Alvarez, 1959)", Fishbase. Accessed November 15, 2009.
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