Bighead pupfish
Cachorrito cabezon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
Genus: | Cyprinodon |
Species: | C. pachycephalus
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Binomial name | |
Cyprinodon pachycephalus W. L. Minckley & C. O. Minckley, 1986
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The bighead pupfish (Cyprinodon pachycephalus), known in
Conchos River basin, Chihuahua of Mexico. It lives in hot springs, their outflows and an impoundment pool in water that ranges at least from 25 to 49 °C (77–120 °F).[1]
See also
- Cyprinodon julimes – a related pupfish that also lives in hot springs in Mexico
References
- ^ . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Cyprinodon pachycephalus" in FishBase. August 2019 version.