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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 ...
The Devils Hole pupfish reached a 25-year high spring count of 191 fish. For years, the fish’s population dwindled, hitting an “all-time low of 35 in 2013,” the National Park Service said in ...
In the U.S., the most well-known pupfish species may be the Devils Hole pupfish, native to Devils Hole on the Nevada side of Death Valley National Park. Since 1995 the Devils Hole pupfish has been in a nearly steady decline, where it was close to extinction at 35–68 fish in 2013. [2] Warm Springs pupfish recovery plan art
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 endangered pupfish in Death Valley National Park had their world rocked Thursday when the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck off the Northern California coast sent tremors through their ...
In fishery management, a spawning bed is an artificial bed constructed by wildlife professionals in order to improve the ability of desired game fish to reproduce. Increasing the spawning ability of a fish population may reduce pressure on a fishery and improve the productivity of supplemental stocking from fish hatcheries .
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 ...