Cyprinodon brontotheroides

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Cyprinodon brontotheroides

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Cyprinodon
Species:
C. brontotheroides
Binomial name
Cyprinodon brontotheroides

Cyprinodon brontotheroides is a species of pupfish in the genus Cyprinodon.

Distribution and habitat

It is

Bahamas
.

Ecology and taxonomy

It coexists alongside two other closely related Cyprinodon species

C. variegatus. Together, these three species represent a recent adaptive radiation, each having moved into a difference niche within their specialized environment. Each of these species are defined by distinct trophic adaptations that have affected various aspects of functional morphology.[2]

Description

Cyprinodon brontotheroides is

gastropods.[3] They breed in the spring and the breeding territories are guarded by the males.[4]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T82958597A82962206.en
    . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. S2CID 25063734
    .
  3. PMID 21790569
    .
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Cyprinodon brontotheroides" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
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