Raycraft Ranch killifish
Empetrichthys latos concavus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Goodeidae |
Genus: | Empetrichthys |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | E. l. concavus
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Trinomial name | |
Empetrichthys latos concavus R. R. Miller, 1948
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The Raycraft Ranch killifish or Raycraft poolfish (Empetrichthys latos concavus) is a subspecies of the killifish Empetrichthys latos,[2] was first described in 1948. This subspecies was restricteded to a single spring on the Raycraft Ranch in the Pahrump Valley of Nye County, Nevada it became extinct as a result of groundwater extraction and the filling in of the spring.[1][3]
References[]
- ^ a b "Empetrichthys latos concavus - Miller, 1948". Natureserve. 20 September 1996. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Empetrichthys latos" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ "Empetrichthys latos Miller, 1948".
- http://www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2004-04-02-04-7412
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Empetrichthys latos concavus" in FishBase. November 2006 version.
Categories:
- NatureServe presumed extinct species
- Empetrichthys
- Extinct animals of the United States
- Fish described in 1948
- Fish of North America becoming extinct since 1500
- Cyprinodontiformes stubs