Biology:Mezquital pupfish

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Mezquital pupfish
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Cyprinodon
Species:
C. meeki
Binomial name
Cyprinodon meeki
R. R. Miller, 1976

The Mezquital pupfish (Cyprinodon meeki) is a species of pupfish in the family Cyprinodontidae.[2] It is endemic to Durango in Mexico. This species was described by Robert Rush Miller in 1976 from a pond which was fed by hot springs within the basin of the Río del Tunal, approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of Durango City at an altitude of about 1,880 metres (6,170 ft).[3] The specific name honors the United States ichthyologist Seth Eugene Meek (1859-1914), a pioneer of the study of the freshwater fish of Mexico.[4]

References

  1. Lyons, T.J.; Contreras MacBeath, T. (2019). "Cyprinodon meeki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T6159A3105308. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T6159A3105308.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6159/3105308. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Cyprinodon meeki" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Cyprinodon meeki". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=14969. 
  4. "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families PANTANODONTIDAE, CYPRINODONTIDAE, PROFUNDULIDAE, GOODEIDAE, FUNDULIDAE and FLUVIPHYLACIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 26 April 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes3/. Retrieved 15 October 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q305197 entry