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The '''Death Valley |
The '''Death Valley pupfish''', ''Cyprinodon salinus salinus'', is a [[species]] of [[fish]] that is the last known survivor of what is thought to have been a large [[ecosystem]] of fish species that lived in [[Lake Manly]] which dried up at the end of the last [[ice age]] leaving the present day [[Death Valley]] in [[California]]. The [[pupfish]] is adapted to the shallow, hot, salty water of a particular part of Salt Creek that flows above ground year-round, and is also sometimes referred to as '''Salt Creek Pupfish'''. A subspecies lives in nearby Cottonwood Marsh. |
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==Subspecies== |
==Subspecies== |
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:Found in Salt Creek in the central part of Death Valley. |
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*[[Cottonball Marsh pupfish]], ''[[Cyprinodon salinus milleri]]'', threatened |
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:Found in Cottonball Marsh on the west side of central Death Valley. |
:Found in Cottonball Marsh on the west side of central Death Valley. |
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==Other Cyprinodons in the area== |
==Other Cyprinodons in the area== |
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*Saratoga |
*[[Saratoga pupfish]], ''[[Cyprinodon nevadensis nevadensis]]'' |
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:Found at Saratoga Springs at the south end of Death Valley. |
:Found at Saratoga Springs at the south end of Death Valley. |
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*Amargosa |
*[[Amargosa pupfish]], ''[[Cyprinodon nevadensis amargosa]]'' |
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:Found in the [[Amargosa River]] northwest of Saratoga Springs. |
:Found in the [[Amargosa River]] northwest of Saratoga Springs. |
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*[[Devil's Hole |
*[[Devil's Hole pupfish]], ''[[Cyprinodon diabolis]]'', endangered |
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:Found in [[Devil's Hole]] 37 miles (60 km) east of Furnace Creek, in western [[Nevada]]. |
:Found in [[Devil's Hole]] 37 miles (60 km) east of Furnace Creek, in western [[Nevada]]. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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* {{ITIS|ID=165642|taxon=Cyprinodon salinus|year=2006|date=11 March}} |
* {{ITIS|ID=165642|taxon=Cyprinodon salinus|year=2006|date=11 March}} |
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*[http://www.nps.gov/deva/pphtml/subanimals4.html NPS: Fish in Death Valley] |
* [http://www.nps.gov/deva/pphtml/subanimals4.html NPS: Fish in Death Valley] |
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*[http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=3179&genusname=Cyprinodon&speciesname=salinus%20salinus FishBase: Cyprinodon salinus salinus] |
* [http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=3179&genusname=Cyprinodon&speciesname=salinus%20salinus FishBase: Cyprinodon salinus salinus] |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Pupfish]] |
* [[Pupfish]] |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://mbe.oupjournals.org/cgi/reprint/16/3/363 Scientific paper on the genetics of Death Valley Pupfish] |
* [http://mbe.oupjournals.org/cgi/reprint/16/3/363 Scientific paper on the genetics of Death Valley Pupfish] |
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*[http://www.jhu.edu/~eps/faculty/jahren/Jahren&Sanford2002.pdf Scientific paper on the importance of groundwater to the Salt Creek Pupfish] |
* [http://www.jhu.edu/~eps/faculty/jahren/Jahren&Sanford2002.pdf Scientific paper on the importance of groundwater to the Salt Creek Pupfish] |
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[[Category:Fauna of the Mojave Desert]] |
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The Death Valley pupfish, Cyprinodon salinus salinus, is a species of fish that is the last known survivor of what is thought to have been a large ecosystem of fish species that lived in Lake Manly which dried up at the end of the last ice age leaving the present day Death Valley in California. The pupfish is adapted to the shallow, hot, salty water of a particular part of Salt Creek that flows above ground year-round, and is also sometimes referred to as Salt Creek Pupfish. A subspecies lives in nearby Cottonwood Marsh.
Subspecies
- Cottonball Marsh pupfish, Cyprinodon salinus milleri, threatened
- Found in Cottonball Marsh on the west side of central Death Valley.
Other Cyprinodons in the area
- Found at Saratoga Springs at the south end of Death Valley.
- Found in the Amargosa River northwest of Saratoga Springs.
- Devil's Hole pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis, endangered
- Found in Devil's Hole 37 miles (60 km) east of Furnace Creek, in western Nevada.
References
- "Cyprinodon salinus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 11 March.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - NPS: Fish in Death Valley
- FishBase: Cyprinodon salinus salinus