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Species of fish
Cyprinodon nevadensis is a species of
pupfish in the genus
Cyprinodon.
[3] The species is also known as the Amargosa pupfish,
[3] but that name may also refer to one subspecies,
Cyprinodon nevadensis amargosae.
[4] All six subspecies are or were
endemic to very isolated locations in the
Mojave Desert of
California and
Nevada.
Subspecies
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Cyprinodon nevadensis mionectes, the Ash Meadows pupfish or Ash Meadows Amargosa pupfish, is listed as
endangered under the
Endangered Species Act. It is limited to
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada.
[5]
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Cyprinodon nevadensis pectoralis, the
Warm Springs pupfish, is also listed as endangered under the ESA. It is restricted to six springs near
Devils Hole in Nevada.
[6]
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Cyprinodon nevadensis shoshone, the
Shoshone pupfish, is listed as a
Species of Concern by the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
[7] The fish is limited to
Shoshone Spring, near the town of
Shoshone, California, and possibly parts of the Amargosa River.
[4]
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Cyprinodon nevadensis calidae, the
Tecopa pupfish, was declared
extinct in 1981, and was the first taxon to be removed from the endangered species list due to extinction.
[8]
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