Leon Springs pupfish

Leon Springs pupfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Cyprinodon
Species: C. bovinus
Binomial name
Cyprinodon bovinus
S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853

The Leon Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon bovinus) is a species of fish in the Cyprinodontidae family. It is endemic to Texas in the United States, where it is limited to Pecos County, Texas. It is a federally listed endangered species.

This fish was first discovered in 1851 at Leon Springs, near Fort Stockton, Texas. Leon Springs was impounded, poisoned, stocked with game fish,[1] and drained, and the fish was considered extinct by 1938. In the 1960s it was rediscovered at Diamond Y Spring a few miles away.[2] It is also found in the Diamond Y Draw, a tributary of the Pecos River.[3]

References

  1. Kennedy, S. E. (1977). Life history of the Leon Springs Pupfish, Cyprinodon bovinus. Copeia 1977(1) 93.
  2. USFWS. Listing of Leon Springs Pupfish as endangered with critical habitat. Federal Register August 15, 1980.
  3. Garrett, G., et al. (2002). Threatened fishes of the world: Cyprinodon bovinus Baird & Girard, 1853 (Cyprinodontidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 64(4) 442.

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