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Shoshone pupfish
| Shoshone pupfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
| Genus: | Cyprinodon |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. n. shoshone
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| Trinomial name | |
| Cyprinodon nevadensis shoshone R. R. Miller, 1948
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The Shoshone pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis shoshone) is a subspecies of Amargosa pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis) from California in the United States.[2][3] They are spring-dwelling fish, endemic to Shoshone Springs on the outskirts of Shoshone, Inyo County, California.[4][5] In 1969, the Shoshone pupfish was declared extinct until their eventual rediscovery by a team of biologists during a survey of Shoshone Springs in 1986.[5][6] Currently, they are listed as endangered by the American Fisheries Society and are a species of special concern according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.[4][3][7][8] Several stocks of the fish are being cultivated in captivity at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and University of California, Davis for reintroduction into the Shoshone Spring.[4][6] Today, people pass through the town of Shoshone to visit the spring site and view the rare pupfish, where some infographics and signs educate visitors about them.[9][10]
- ^ "Cyprinodon nevadensis shoshone". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. April 7, 2023. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
- ^ "Ecological Values of the Amargosa River in California" (PDF). Science for Conservation. The Nature Conservancy. April 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^ a b Harper, K.T.; Sigler, J.; Sigler, W; St. Clair, L. L.; Thorne, K. H.; Hess, Wilford M. (1998). Natural History of the Colorado Plateau and Great Basin (PDF). University Press Of Colorado. pp. 298–425. ISBN 0870815113. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^ a b c Miller, Robert Rush (November 8, 2024). "Shoshone Pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis shoshone)". California Department of Fish and Wildlife Data Portal. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^ a b Taylor, Frances R.; Miller, Robert Rush; Pedretti, John W.; Deacon, James E. (1988). "Rediscovery of the Shoshone Pupfish, Cyprinodon nevagensis shoshone (Cyprinodontidae), at Shoshone Springs, Inyo County, California". Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 87 (2): 67–73.
- ^ a b Castleberry, Daniel T.; Williams, Jack E.; Hopkins, Todd E.; Sato, Georgina M.; Brasher, Anne M.; Parker, Michael S. (1990). "Status and Management of Shoshone Pupfish, Cyprinodon nevadensis shoshone (Cyprinodontidae), at Shoshone Spring, Inyo County, California". Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 89 (1): 19–25. doi:10.3160/0038-3872-89.1.19 (inactive December 25, 2024) – via Southern California Academy of Sciences.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of December 2024 (link) - ^ Hopkins, T.; Moyle, P.; Hammerson, G. (November 1, 2024). "Cyprinodon nevadensis shoshone Shoshone Pupfish". NatureServe Explorer. Nature Serve. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^ Taylor, Frances R.; Pedretti, John W. (1994). "Morphometric Comparison of Pupfish Populations, Cyprinodon nevadensis, at Shoshone and Tecopa, California". The Southwestern Naturalist. 39 (3): 300–303. doi:10.2307/3671602. ISSN 0038-4909. JSTOR 3671602.
- ^ "Shoshone Springs, California". Fish Habitat. National Fish Habitat Partnership. November 8, 2024.
- ^ Hayes, Floyd E. (2024). "Finding and Photographing the Fabled Five Pupfishes of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts in California and Nevada". American Currents. 49 (2): 24–29 – via ResearchGate.
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