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Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis, known as the Red River pupfish, is a species of pupfish from the United States. It is found only in the Red River of the South and Brazos River drainages of Texas and Oklahoma. [2] It grows to a total length of 5.8 cm (2.3 in) and feeds on midge larvae and other insects. [3]
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 ...
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 Shoshone pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis shoshone) is a subspecies of Amargosa pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis) from California in the United States. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] They are spring-dwelling fish, endemic to Shoshone Springs on the outskirts of Shoshone , Inyo County, California .
Distribution of Amargosa River pupfish in Death Valley, CA [7] The Amargosa River pupfish is found in two distinct areas of perennial flow along the lower Amargosa River in Death Valley, California with a dry stretch of riverbed measuring 16 km between them. [2] The upstream range is near Tecopa, and the downstream range is near Saratoga Springs.
Cyprinodon ceciliae (common names include Villa Lopez pupfish [1] and violet pupfish [2]) is an extinct species of pupfish. It was endemic to the Ojo de Agua la Presa in southwestern Nuevo Leon state in Mexico , but disappeared in 1990 due to habitat loss (water extraction and pollution).
The Cachorrito de la Trinidad, also known in English as the Charco Azul pupfish (Cyprinodon inmemoriam), was a small species of fish in the family Cyprinodontidae. [2] It was endemic to Ojo de Agua la Presa in southwestern Nuevo Leon state in Mexico , but became extinct in 1985 due to habitat loss (water extraction and pollution).
The Potosi pupfish is endemic to a clear spring-fed pool in an endorheic basin known as 'La Hediondilla' near the foot of Cerro Potosi.The pool had a maximum depth of 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in), and surface area of 10,000 m 2 (110,000 sq ft), covered by abundant vegetation including Ceratophyllum, Najas, Nasturtium, and Utricularia.