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The Catarina pupfish (Megupsilon aporus) was a diminutive species of fish in the family Cyprinodontidae, first described in 1972. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was endemic to a spring in Nuevo León , Mexico. In an attempt of saving the rapidly declining species, some were brought into captivity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but it proved very difficult ...
Pupfish are a group of small killifish belonging to ten genera of the family Cyprinodontidae of ray-finned fish. Pupfish are especially noted for being found in extreme and isolated situations. [1] They are primarily found in North America, South America, and the Caribbean region. As of August 2006, 120 nominal species and 9 subspecies were ...
In 1967, pupfish were labeled an endangered species, one of the first in the United States. Before the mid-1990s, scientists counted between 200 and 250 Devils Hole pupfish each spring.
Santa Cruz pupfish (Cyprinodon arcuatus) Villa Lopez pupfish (Cyprinodon ceciliae) Cachorrito de la Trinidad (Cyprinodon inmemoriam) Perritos de sandia (Cyprinodon spp.) Catarina pupfish (Megupsilon aporus) Ash Meadows killifish (Empetrichthys merriami) Whiteline topminnow (Fundulus albolineatus) Amistad gambusia (Gambusia amistadensis)
The highly endangered Devils Hole pupfish have previously survived seiches, most recently in 2018, 2019, and 2022, NPS said. The fish compensate by increasing spawning activity. The fish ...
Protecting the desert pupfish, listed as endangered since 1986, has been one of many vexing problems facing the Colorado River and the people and species that rely on it.
Spawning triggers are environmental cues that cause marine animals to breed. Most commonly they involve sudden changes in the environment, such as changes in ...
A zoo in southwest England is working to rescue a freshwater fish species, considered one of the "most imperiled groups of animals on earth" from extinction.. Whipsnade Zoo in Dunstable, a town in ...