Comanche Springs pupfish

Comanche Springs pupfish
Comanche Springs pupfish
Conservation status
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.

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