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Ash Meadows killifish

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Ash Meadows killifish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
Family:
Goodeidae
Subfamily:
Empetrichthyinae
Genus:
Empetrichthys
Species:
E. merriami
Binomial name
Empetrichthys merriami

The Ash Meadows killifish (Empetrichthys merriami) was first documented by C. H. Gilbert in 1893 and historically occupied numerous springs near Ash Meadows, Nye County, Nevada, United States. This species was last seen in 1948 and is believed to have gone extinct in the early 1950s, likely as a result of habitat alteration and competition with and predation by introduced crayfish Procambarus clarkii, mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis), black mollies (Poecilia sphenops), and bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana).[2]

The common name of the genus Empetrichthys has since been changed from killifish to poolfish.[2]

References

  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Empetrichthys merriami". FishBase. August 2012 version.
  1. ^ Template:IUCN
  2. ^ a b The Goodeid Working Group. "Empetrichthys merriami". Retrieved 4 September 2012.


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