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Hispaniola pupfish

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Hispaniola pupfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Cyprinodon
Species:
C. bondi
Binomial name
Cyprinodon bondi
Myers, 1935[1]

The Hispaniola pupfish (Cyprinodon bondi) is a fish found in Etang Saumâtre on the island of Hispaniola.

Taxonomic history

George S. Myers wrote its species description in 1935. Its holotype was deposited at the National Museum of Natural History. The type locality of this fish is Étang Saumâtre, Haiti. Myers named this species after R. M. Bond, who collected the specimens Myers used for his description.[1]

Description

The adults' total length is 82 mm (3.2 in); this is large for the genus Cyprinodon.[1] Its standard length is 62 mm (2.4 in).[2]

Distribution

The fish's holotype and paratypes were all collected in Étang Saumâtre, Haiti.[1] Michael Leonard Smith writes this species is endemic to this lake, on the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic; some specimens collected from Lago Enriquillo had been identified as being C. bondi, but Smith argues that this identification was mistaken.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Myers, George S. (1935). "An Annotated List of the Cyprinodont Fishes of Hispanola, With Descriptions of Two New Species". Zoologia. 10 (5): 303–304.
  2. ^ a b Smith, Michael Leonard (1989). "Cyprinodon nichollsi, a New Pupfish from Hispaniola, and Species Characteristics of C. bondi Myers (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes)". American Museum Novitates. 2953: 7–9. hdl:2246/5108.

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