Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis explained

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.^[1]

It grows to a total length of and feeds on midge larvae and other insects. It was first described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1916, as a subspecies of the species Cyprinodon bovinus;^[2] the specific epithet Latin: rubrofluviatilis refers to the Red River.^[3]

References

Further reading

• Nicholas A. Ashbaugh, Anthony A. Echelle & Alice F. Echelle . 2005 . Genic diversity in Red River pupfish Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis (Atheriniformes: Cyprinodontidae) and its implications for the conservation genetics of the species . . 45 . 2 . 291–302 . 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1994.tb01308.x.
• Anthony A. Echelle . 1973 . Behavior of the pupfish, Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis . . 1973 . 1 . 68–76 . 1442359 . 10.2307/1442359.
• Jimmie Pigg, Robert Gibbs & Geffery R. Luttrell . 1995 . Distribution of the Red River Pupfish, Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis Fowler, in the South Canadian River in Texas and Oklahoma . . 75 . 59–60 . 2011-11-24 . 2010-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100621212252/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/OAS/oas_pdf/v75/P59_60.pdf . dead .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis Fowler, 1916 . . Rainer Froese . November 24, 2011.
2. Henry W. Fowler . 1916 . Notes on fishes of the orders Haplomi and Microcyprini . . 68 . 3 . 415–439 . 4063702 . Henry Weed Fowler .
3. Web site: Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis, Red River pupfish . Texas Freshwater Fishes . . November 24, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425074029/http://www.bio.txstate.edu/~tbonner/txfishes/cyprinodon%20rubrofluviatilis.htm . April 25, 2012 .