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Cyprinodon diabolis (Devils Hole pupfish)

Synonyms: Cyprinodon diabolus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) is a species of fish native to Devils Hole, a geothermal aquifer-fed pool within a limestone cavern, in the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge east of Death Valley. It has been described as the world's rarest fish, with a population of fewer than 200 since 2005. Genetic analysis indicates that the species evolved at the same time the cavern opened up to the surface, about 60,000 years ago.
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Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Cyprinodon diabolis

Attributes

Adult Length [2]  1.968 inches (5 cm)
Brood Dispersal [2]  In the open
Brood Egg Substrate [2]  Phyto-lithophils
Brood Guarder [2]  No
Litter Size [2]  1,000
Maximum Longevity [2]  2 years
Water Biome [1]  Lakes and Ponds
Diet [1]  Omnivore
Female Maturity [2]  3 months 20 days

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Death Valley National Park II 762125 California, Nevada, United States
Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve 5901 California, United States  

Prey / Diet

Girardia dorotocephala[3]
Stenelmis calida (Moapa Warm Springs riffle beetle)[3]

Predators

Girardia dorotocephala[3]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 3FOOD WEB STRUCTURE, ENERGETICS, AND IMPORTANCE OF ALLOCHTHONOUS CARBON IN A DESERT CAVERNOUS LIMNOCRENE: DEVILS HOLE, NEVADA, Kevin P. Wilson and Dean W. Blinn, Western North American Naturalist 67(2), © 2007, pp. 185–198
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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