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The diversion of water from the Owens River to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area during the California Water Wars eliminated most of the water bodies that were the pupfish's habitat. [6] Predation by introduced species of fish may have decimated remaining populations. [5] By 1942 this pupfish was believed to be extinct.
Cyprinodon nevadensis is a species of pupfish in the genus Cyprinodon. [3] The species is also known as the Amargosa pupfish, [3] but that name may also refer to one subspecies, Cyprinodon nevadensis amargosae. [4] All six subspecies are or were endemic to very isolated locations in the Mojave Desert of California and Nevada.
A school of Death Valley pupfish, seen in Salt Creek in 2019. This species is known from only two locations in Death Valley: Salt Creek (subspecies salinus) at about 49 m (161 ft) below sea level, and Cottonball Marsh (subspecies milleri), at about 80 m (260 ft) below sea level. [1]
There are 34 Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS) off the coast of California. These are marine areas that "support an unusual variety of aquatic life, and often host unique individual species" that are monitored for water quality by the California State Water Resources Control Board.
For years, the fish’s population dwindled, hitting an “all-time low of 35 in 2013,” the National Park Service said in an April 29 news release.. In recent years, however, that number has ...
Emma Wood State Beach is a California State Beach in Ventura, California. It is located on the Santa Barbara Channel on the west side of the Ventura River estuary and south of the railroad tracks of the Coast Line and the US Highway 101 freeway. [1] The beach is named after Emma Grubb Wood who once owned the 8,000 acres (3,237 ha) Taylor Ranch.
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.
An extensive list of the freshwater fish found in California, including both native and introduced species. [1] ... Desert Pupfish: Cyprinodon macularius: Salt Creek ...