Cyprinodon bovinus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Family
- Cyprinodontidae
- Genus
- Cyprinodon
- Species
- Cyprinodon bovinus
- Scientific Name
- Cyprinodon bovinus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Leon Springs pupfish
The Leon Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon bovinus) is a species of fish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It is endemic to Pecos County, Texas in the United States. It is a federally listed endangered species.
The Leon Springs pupfish is found at the shallow edges of spring-fed wetland pools, where it is most frequently observed in areas without vegetation. Its diet consists of diatoms, amphipods, and ostracods.
This fish was first discovered in 1851 at Leon Springs, near Fort Stockton, Texas. Leon Springs was impounded, poisoned, stocked with game fish, and drained, and the fish was considered extinct by 1938. In the 1960s it was rediscovered at Diamond Y Spring a few miles away. It is also found in the Diamond Y Draw, a tributary of the Pecos River.
...Cyprinodon bovinus in languages:
- Czech
- halančíkovec leonský
- English
- Leon Springs Pupfish
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Cyprinodon albivelis
- Cyprinodon alvarezi
- Cyprinodon arcuatus
- Cyprinodon artifrons
- Cyprinodon atrorus
- Cyprinodon beltrani
- Cyprinodon bifasciatus
- Cyprinodon bobmilleri
- Cyprinodon bondi
- Cyprinodon bovinus
- Cyprinodon bovinus × variegatus
- Cyprinodon brontotheroides
- Cyprinodon ceciliae
- Cyprinodon dearborni
- Cyprinodon desquamator
- Cyprinodon diabolis
- Cyprinodon elegans
- Cyprinodon eremus
- Cyprinodon esconditus
- Cyprinodon eximius
- Cyprinodon fontinalis
- Cyprinodon higuey
- Cyprinodon inmemoriam
- Cyprinodon julimes
- Cyprinodon labiosus
- Cyprinodon laciniatus
- Cyprinodon latifasciatus
- Cyprinodon longidorsalis
- Cyprinodon macrolepis
- Cyprinodon macularius
- Cyprinodon maya
- Cyprinodon meeki
- Cyprinodon nazas
- Cyprinodon nevadensis
- Cyprinodon nichollsi
- Cyprinodon pachycephalus
- Cyprinodon pecosensis
- Cyprinodon pecosensis × variegatus
- Cyprinodon pisteri
- Cyprinodon radiosus
- Cyprinodon riverendi
- Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis
- Cyprinodon salinus
- Cyprinodon salvadori
- Cyprinodon simus
- Cyprinodon suavium
- Cyprinodon tularosa
- Cyprinodon variegatus
- Cyprinodon verecundus
- Cyprinodon veronicae


