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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
The Death Valley pupfish (Cyprinodon salinus), also known as Salt Creek pupfish, is a small species of fish in the family Cyprinodontidae found only in Death Valley National Park, California, United States. There are two recognized subspecies: C. s. salinus and C. s. milleri.
Cyprinodon is a genus of pupfishes found in waters that range from fresh to hypersaline.The genus is primarily found in Mexico, the Caribbean Islands and southern United States (Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas), but C. variegatus occurs as far north as Massachusetts and along the entire Gulf of Mexico coastline, and C. dearborni and C. variegatus are found ...
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 ...
The Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) is a critically endangered species of the family Cyprinodontidae (pupfishes) found only in Devils Hole, a water-filled cavern in the US state of Nevada. It was first described as a species in 1930 and is most closely related to C. nevadensis and the Death Valley pupfish ( C. salinus ).
There are also species in southern Europe, in much of Africa as far south as KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in the Middle East and Asia (as far east as Vietnam), and on several Indian Ocean islands. The majority of killifish are found in permanent streams, rivers, and lakes, and live between two and three years.
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)
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