Pecos pupfish
| Pecos pupfish | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
| Genus: | Cyprinodon |
| Species: | C. pecosensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyprinodon pecosensis A. A. Echelle & A. F. Echelle, 1978 | |
The Pecos pupfish (Cyprinodon pecosensis) is a species of Pupfish in the Cyprinodontidae family.
It is endemic to the Pecos River watershed in eastern New Mexico and western Texas in the United States.
As of the late 1990s, pure populations occurred in small reaches of the Pecos River and tributaries in Chaves and Eddy Counties of New Mexico; in scattered sinkholes, lakes, and saline springs in New Mexico; and in the upper reaches of the Salt Creek drainage in Culberson and Reeves Counties of Texas.
Sources
- Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Cyprinodon pecosensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
- Slack, WT, Sumners JA, Rooney, AP, Taylor, CM
- Garrett G.P., C. Hubbs, and R.J. Edwards. 2002. Threatened fishes of the world: Cyprinodon pecosensis (Echelle & Echelle 1978)(Cyprinodontidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 65:366-366.
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