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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 ...
Cyprinodon longidorsalis, the cachorrito de charco palmal or La Palma pupfish, is a species of fish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It was endemic to the Ojo de Agua la Presa in southwestern Nuevo Leon state in Mexico , but became extinct in the wild in 1994 due to habitat loss (now survives only in captivity).
The pupfish count rose in the autumn of 2008 to 126, the first steady increase in more than 10 years. [68] As of April 2013 U.S. Fish and Wildlife reported only 35 fish remain in their natural habitat, but increased to 92 when measured again in 2014. [38] As of spring 2016, a periodic count found 115 of the fish living in the waters. [69]
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]
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 .
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).
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).