- Guzmán Basin
The Guzmán Basin is an
endorheic basin of northernMexico and the southwesternUnited States . It occupies the northwestern portion ofChihuahua in Mexico, and extends into southwesternNew Mexico in the United States.Notable rivers of the Guzmán Basin are the Casas Grandes River, which empties into Lake Guzmán, the Santa Maria River, which empties into Lake Santa Maria, the Carmen River, and the
Mimbres River of New Mexico.The Guzman Basin is home to several endemic and near-endemic fish species, including the
Chihuahua Chub "(Gila nigrescens)",Palomas Pupfish "(Cyprinodon pisteri)", Whitefin Pupfish "(C. albivelis)", andPerrito de carbonera "(C. fontinalis)".References
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*Minckley WL, Miller RR, Norris SM (2002). "Three New Pupfish Species, Cyprinodon (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae), from Chihuahua, México, and Arizona, USA". "Copeia": Vol. 2002, No. 3 pp. 687–7.
*Propst, David L. and Jerome A. Stefferud (1994) "Distribution and Status of the Chihuahua Chub (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Gila nigrescens), with Notes on Its Ecology and Associated Species". "The Southwestern Naturalist", Vol. 39, No. 3 (Sep., 1994), pp. 224-234.
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