Maya pupfish

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Maya pupfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Cyprinodon
Species:
C. maya
Binomial name
Cyprinodon maya

The Maya pupfish (Cyprinodon maya), known in

scale-eater).[3][4] In smaller quantities it eats ostracods and freshwater snails.[5]

Among the endemic Cyprinodon species in Lake Chichancanab, only C. beltrani and C. labiosus still occur in some numbers in their habitat, while the remaining are virtually—if not fully—extinct in the wild. At least some of these, including C. maya, survive in captivity.[4][6] The primary reason for their decline is introduced species, notably the Nile tilapia and the tetra Astyanax fasciatus.[4][7]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T6158A3105157.en
    . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Cyprinodon maya" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Cyprinodon in FishBase. October 2018 version.
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    PMID 21790569
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  5. ISBN 978-607-16-4087-1
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  6. PMID 26817777
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  7. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00159.x
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