Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis

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Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis

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. rubrofluviatilis
Binomial name
Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis
Fowler, 1916
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

Cyprinodon bovinus;[4] the specific epithet rubrofluviatilis refers to the Red River.[3]

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