Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
Genus: | Cyprinodon |
Species: | C. rubrofluviatilis
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Binomial name | |
Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis
Fowler, 1916
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Synonyms | |
Cyprinodon bovinus rubrofluviatilis Fowler, 1916 |
Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis, known as the Red River pupfish, is a species of pupfish from the United States. It is found only in the Red River of the South and Brazos River drainages of Texas and Oklahoma. [2]
It grows to a total length of 5.8 cm (2.3 in) and feeds on midge larvae and other insects. [3] It was first described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1916, as a subspecies of the species Cyprinodon bovinus; [4] the specific epithet rubrofluviatilis refers to the Red River. [3]
Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
Genus: | Cyprinodon |
Species: | C. rubrofluviatilis
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Binomial name | |
Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis
Fowler, 1916
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Synonyms | |
Cyprinodon bovinus rubrofluviatilis Fowler, 1916 |
Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis, known as the Red River pupfish, is a species of pupfish from the United States. It is found only in the Red River of the South and Brazos River drainages of Texas and Oklahoma. [2]
It grows to a total length of 5.8 cm (2.3 in) and feeds on midge larvae and other insects. [3] It was first described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1916, as a subspecies of the species Cyprinodon bovinus; [4] the specific epithet rubrofluviatilis refers to the Red River. [3]