Raycraft Ranch killifish

Raycraft Ranch killifish

Taxobox
name = Raycraft Ranch killifish
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cyprinodontiformes
familia = Goodeidae
subfamilia = Empetrichthyinae
genus = "Empetrichthys"
species = "E. latos"
subspecies = "E. l. concavus"
trinomial = "Empetrichthys latos concavus"
trinomial_authority = Miller, 1948

The Raycraft Ranch killifish or Raycraft poolfish, "Empetrichthys latos concavus", was first described in 1948 and was found to be endemic to Raycraft Spring, an isolated spring in Nye County, Nevada. The Raycraft Ranch killifish and the closely related Pahrump Ranch killifish, "Empetrichthys latos pahrump", became extinct in the late 1950s as a result of the introduction of carp, "Cyprinus" spp., and desiccation of the springs from over-pumping of groundwater.Fact|date=April 2007

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