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Cyprinodon Lacepède, 1803
Taxonomic Serial No.: 165630

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	pupfishes [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2004

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Acanthopterygii
	Order	Cyprinodontiformes Berg, 1940 – cyprinodonts, cyprinodontiforms, cyprinodontes, killifishes
	Suborder	Cyprinodontoidei – cyprinodontoids
	Family	Cyprinodontidae Gill, 1865 – killifishes, toothcarps, cachorritos, cyprinodontes, cyprinodontids, pupfishes
	Subfamily	Cyprinodontinae Gill, 1865 – cyprinodontines
	Tribe	Cyprinodontini Gill, 1865
	Genus	Cyprinodon Lacepède, 1803 – pupfishes
		Direct Children:
	Species	Cyprinodon albivelis Minckley and Miller in Minckley, Miller and Norris, 2002 – cachorrito aletas blancas, whitefin pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon alvarezi Miller, 1976 – cachorrito de Potosí, Potosi pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon arcuatus Minckley and Miller in Minckley, Miller and Norris, 2002 – Santa Cruz pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon artifrons Hubbs, 1936 – bolín petota, Yucatan pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon atrorus Miller, 1968 – bolson pupfish, cachorrito del bolsón
	Species	Cyprinodon beltrani Alvarez, 1949 – blackfin pupfish, cachorrito lodero
	Species	Cyprinodon bifasciatus Miller, 1968 – cachorrito de Cuatro Ciénegas, Cuatro Cienegas pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon bobmilleri Lozano-Vilano and Contreras-Balderas, 1993 – cachorrito de San Ignacio, San Ignacio pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon bondi Myers, 1935
	Species	Cyprinodon bovinus Baird and Girard, 1853 – Leon Springs pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon ceciliae Lozano-Vilano and Contreras-Balderas, 1993 – cachorrito de Villa López, Villa Lopez pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon dearborni Meek, 1909
	Species	Cyprinodon diabolis Wales, 1930 – Devils Hole pupfish, Devil's Hole pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon elegans Baird and Girard, 1853 – Comanche Springs pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon eremus Miller and Fuiman, 1987
	Species	Cyprinodon esconditus Strecker, 2002 – cachorrito escondido, hidden pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon eximius Girard, 1859 – Conchos pupfish, cachorrito del Conchos
	Species	Cyprinodon fontinalis Smith and Miller, 1980 – cachorrito de Carbonera, Carbonera pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon higuey Rodriguez and Smith in Smith, Rodriguez and Lydeard, 1990
	Species	Cyprinodon hubbsi Carr, 1936 – Lake Eustis minnow, Lake Eustis pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon inmemoriam Lozano-Vilano and Contreras-Balderas, 1993 – cachorrito de Charco Azul, Charco Azul pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon labiosus Humphries and Miller, 1981 – cachorrito cangrejero, thicklip pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon laciniatus Hubbs and Miller, 1942 – Bahama pupfish, guajacón
	Species	Cyprinodon latifasciatus Garman, 1881 – cachorrito de Parras, Parras pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon longidorsalis Lozano-Vilano and Contreras-Balderas, 1993 – cachorrito de La Palma, La Palma pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon macrolepis Miller, 1976 – bigscale pupfish, cachorrito escamudo
	Species	Cyprinodon macularius Baird and Girard, 1853 – desert pupfish, cachorrito del desierto
	Species	Cyprinodon maya Humphries and Miller, 1981 – cachorrito gigante, Maya pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon meeki Miller, 1976 – cachorrito del Mezquital, Mezquital pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon nazas Miller, 1976 – cachorrito del Nazas, Nazas pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon nevadensis Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1889 – Amargosa pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon nichollsi Smith, 1989
	Species	Cyprinodon pachycephalus Minckley and Minckley, 1986 – bighead pupfish, cachorrito cabezón
	Species	Cyprinodon pecosensis Echelle and Echelle, 1978 – Pecos pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon pisteri Miller and Minckley in Minckley, Miller and Norris, 2002 – cachorrito de Palomas, Palomas pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon radiosus Miller, 1948 – Owens pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon riverendi (Poey, 1860)
	Species	Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis Fowler, 1916 – Red River pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon salinus Miller, 1943 – Salt Creek pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon simus Humphries and Miller, 1981 – boxer pupfish, cachorrito boxeador
	Species	Cyprinodon tularosa Miller and Echelle, 1975 – White Sands pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepède, 1803 – bolín, sheepshead minnow, pipón, sheepshead pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon verecundus Humphries, 1984 – cachorrito aletón, largefin pupfish
	Species	Cyprinodon veronicae Lozano-Vilano and Contreras-Balderas, 1993 – cachorrito de Charco Palma, Charco Palma pupfish

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Wayne C. Starnes
	Notes:	Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
	Reference for:	Cyprinodon

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)
	Acquired:	2004
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Cyprinodon

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Cyprinodon

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Page(s):
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
	Reference for:	Cyprinodon

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N.
	Publication Date:	1990
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Genera of Recent Fishes
	Page(s):	iii + 697
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, CA, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-23-8
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Cyprinodon

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Catalog of Fishes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
	Page(s):	2905
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-47-5
	Notes:	Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
	Reference for:	Cyprinodon

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Nelson, Joseph S.
	Publication Date:	1994
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Fishes of the World, Third Edition
	Page(s):	xvii + 600
	Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-471-54713-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Cyprinodon

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Comments


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