Largescale pupfish
Encyclopedia
The largescale pupfish is a species of fish
in the Cyprinodontidae family.
It is a Pupfish
endemic to Mexico
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Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Cyprinodontidae family.
It is a Pupfish
Pupfish
Pupfish are a group of small killifish belonging to ten genera of the family Cyprinodontidae of ray-finned fish. All pupfish are especially noted for being found in extreme and isolated situations, in various parts of North America, South America, and the Caribbean region...
endemic to Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
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Source
- Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. 1996. Cyprinodon macrolepis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.