Largefin pupfish
Cachorrito de dorsal larga | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
Genus: | Cyprinodon |
Species: | C. verecundus |
Binomial name | |
Cyprinodon verecundus Humphries, 1984 | |
The cachorrito de dorsal larga (Cyprinodon verecundus) is a species of fish in the Cyprinodontidae family.
It is endemic to the states of Yucatán and Quintana Roo on the Yucatán Peninsula in southeastern Mexico.
It is a Critically endangered species, threatened by habitat loss.
See also
- Index of Cyprinodon (pupfish) species
- Pupfish
References
- FishBase.org: Cyprinodon verecundus (Largefin pupfish)
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Cyprinodon verecundus, Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. 1996 . accessed 29 April 2016.
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