Cyprinodon nevadensis
California

Imperiled  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Cyprinodon
Species:
C. nevadensis
Binomial name
Cyprinodon nevadensis
Subspecies

C. n. nevadensis
C. n. amargosae
C. n. mionectes
C. n. pectoralis
C. n. shoshone
C. n. calidae

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.

Subspecies

Likely subspp. amargosae: taken May 2014 in Amargosa River Canyon, downstream from Tecopa Triangle and upstream from waterfalls above confluence with Willow Creek. The second fish from the left in the photograph is male, as indicated by the blue coloration, shown here particularly in his dorsal stripe

The book Relicts of a Beautiful Sea by Christopher Norment is an exploration of the history of, and present challenges, faced by this group of fish taxa.

National Park Service interpretive signage at Salt Creek, Death Valley National Park.

References

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Cyprinodon nevadensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T62210A15362971. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T62210A15362971.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. "Cyprinodon nevadensis. NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Cyprinodon nevadensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Moyle, Peter B.; Yoshiyame, Ronald M.; Williams, Jack E.; Wirkamanayake, Eric D. (June 1995). "Fish Species of Special Concern in California" (PDF). California Department of Fish and Game. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  5. "Ash Meadows Amargosa pupfish". USFWS. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  6. "Warm Springs pupfish". USFWS. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  7. "Species Profile for Shoshone pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis shoshone)". USFWS. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  8. Levitt, Alan (18 November 1981). "TECOPA PUPFISH DECLARED EXTINCT--REMOVED FROM ENDANGERED LIST" (PDF). United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 29 April 2011.


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