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Species of fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mezquital pupfish (Cyprinodon meeki) is a species of pupfish in the family Cyprinodontidae.[2] It is endemic to Durango in Mexico. This species was described by Robert Rush Miller in 1976 from a pond which was fed by hot springs within the basin of the Río del Tunal, approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of Durango City at an altitude of about 1,880 metres (6,170 ft).[3] The specific name honors the American ichthyologist Seth Eugene Meek (1859-1914), a pioneer of the study of the freshwater fish of Mexico.[4]
Mezquital pupfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
Genus: | Cyprinodon |
Species: | C. meeki |
Binomial name | |
Cyprinodon meeki R. R. Miller, 1976 | |
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