White Sands pupfish
White Sands pupfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
Genus: | Cyprinodon |
Species: | C. tularosa
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Binomial name | |
Cyprinodon tularosa R. R. Miller & A. A. Echelle, 1975
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The White Sands pupfish (Cyprinodon tularosa) is a species of pupfish in the family Cyprinodontidae.[2] It is endemic to the Tularosa Basin in southern New Mexico, in the Western United States. They are only found in two springs and two small streams in southwest New Mexico. White Sands pupfish have dark eyes and silver scales. They grow from 1 3/4 to 2 1/2 inches long. Adult males have a slight blue color.[3]
See also
- Index of Cyprinodon species (pupfish) — North American pupfish genus
- Pupfish
References
- ^ NatureServe (2014). "Cyprinodon tularosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T6169A15363684. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T6169A15363684.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Cyrprinodon tularosa" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
- ^ http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/education/wildlife_notes/documents/whitesandspupfish.pdf
Categories:
- IUCN Red List endangered species
- Cyprinodon
- Tularosa Basin
- Endemic fauna of the United States
- Fish of the Western United States
- Freshwater fish of the United States
- Fauna of the Southwestern United States
- Natural history of New Mexico
- Endangered fauna of the United States
- Fish described in 1975
- Cyprinodontiformes stubs