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Cyprinodon julimes (Julimes pupfish)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Julimes pupfish (Cyprinodon julimes) (Spanish: Cachorrito de Julimes), is a killifish belonging to the family Cyprinodontidae (pupfish) of ray-finned fish, endemic to "El Pandeño" hot spring in Julimes, Chihuahua, Mexico. The pupfish is known as the "hottest fish in the world" due to its adaptation to life in a hot spring that reaches temperatures as high as 114 °F (46 °C). The species was taxonomically described in 2009 as similar to Cyprinodon eximius, but it has a bigger head, nearly one-third of its Standard Length.
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Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Cyprinodon julimes

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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0