Comanche Springs pupfish

Comanche Springs pupfish
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Cyprinodontidae
Genus:	Cyprinodon
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
Cyprinodon elegans Baird & Girard, 1853

The Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon elegans) is a species of fish in the Cyprinodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States, only found in spring-fed pools around near Balmorhea, a small town in west Texas.

Source

• Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Cyprinodon elegans. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.

See also

• Pupfish
• Cyprinodon - Genus

Index

• Category: Cyprinodon (Pupfish)

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