Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis

Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Cyprinodon
Species: C. rubrofluviatilis
Binomial name
Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis
Fowler, 1916
Synonyms

Cyprinodon bovinus rubrofluviatilis Fowler, 1916

Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis, known as the Red River pupfish, is a species of killifish from the United States. It is found only in the Red River of the South and Brazos River drainages of Texas and Oklahoma,[1]

It grows to a total length of 58 mm (2.3 in) and feeds on midge larvae and other insects.[2] It was first described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1916, as a subspecies of the species Cyprinodon bovinus;[3] the specific epithet rubrofluviatilis refers to the Red River.[2]

References

External identifiers for Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis
Encyclopedia of Life 593989
ITIS 165641
NCBI 28742

Further reading


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