Cyprinodon desquamator
Cyprinodon desquamator | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
Genus: | Cyprinodon |
Species: | C. desquamator
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Binomial name | |
Cyprinodon desquamator C. H. Martin & Wainwright, 2013
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Cyprinodon desquamator is a
Cyprinodon desquamator has enlarged adductor muscles, a small in-lever to out-lever ratio for rapidly closing its large lower jaw, and an elongated body for quickly performing scale-removing strikes on Cyprinodon and Gambusia species.[8] This species spawns during the spring and summer, although it appears to be commoner in the summer. The males guard breeding territories.[9]
Specific epithet: 'desquamator' comes from the Latin "one who removes scales from fishes", describing the scale-eating trophic specialization of this species, unique among Cyprinodontiform fishes.[10][11]
Coloration
General body color is silvery tan marked by irregular dark, wide bars along the length of the body in both sexes. Characteristic of the genus, mature males display a metallic blue anterodorsal region. This species uniquely lacks the typical black terminal margin to the caudal fin, which is replaced by black pigmentation covering the median fins.
Females and juveniles display the typical black and white
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- ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
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