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Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis

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Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Cyprinodon
Species:
C. rubrofluviatilis
Binomial name
Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis
Fowler, 1916
Synonyms

Cyprinodon bovinus rubrofluviatilis Fowler, 1916

Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis, known as the Red River pupfish, is a species of pupfish from the United States. It is found only in the Red River of the South and Brazos River drainages of Texas and Oklahoma.[2]

It grows to a total length of 5.8 cm (2.3 in) and feeds on midge larvae and other insects.[3] It was first described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1916, as a subspecies of the species Cyprinodon bovinus;[4] the specific epithet rubrofluviatilis refers to the Red River.[3]

References

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  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202376A15363963. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202376A15363963.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Rainer Froese (ed.). "Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis Fowler, 1916". FishBase. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis, Red River pupfish". Texas Freshwater Fishes. Texas State University–San Marcos. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
  4. ^ Henry W. Fowler (1916). "Notes on fishes of the orders Haplomi and Microcyprini". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 68 (3): 415–439. JSTOR 4063702.

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