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The '''Alabama cavefish''' |
The '''Alabama cavefish''', ''Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni'', is a critically endangered type of [[cavefish]] which lives in underground pools in Key Cave, located in northwestern Alabama on the [[Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge]]. This is the only known location of the fish. |
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Only nine specimens of the cavefish have been observed. It is believed that this fish is the rarest of American cavefish and one of the rarest of all freshwater fish. |
Only nine specimens of the cavefish have been observed. It is believed that this fish is the rarest of American cavefish and one of the rarest of all freshwater fish. |
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* {{FishBase species | genus = Speoplatyrhinus | species = poulsoni | month = March | year = 2006}} |
* {{FishBase species | genus = Speoplatyrhinus | species = poulsoni | month = March | year = 2006}} |
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[[Category:Fauna of Alabama]] |
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Revision as of 18:40, 12 November 2006
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| Genus: | Speoplatyrhinus
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| Species: | S. poulsoni
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| Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni Cooper & Kuehne, 1974
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The Alabama cavefish, Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni, is a critically endangered type of cavefish which lives in underground pools in Key Cave, located in northwestern Alabama on the Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge. This is the only known location of the fish.
Only nine specimens of the cavefish have been observed. It is believed that this fish is the rarest of American cavefish and one of the rarest of all freshwater fish.
References
- Template:IUCN2006 Listed as Critically Endangered (CR C2b v2.3)
- "Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 18 April.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni". FishBase. March 2006 version.
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