Cyprinodon
albivelis
Minckley & Miller, 2002
| |
|
Family:
|
Cyprinodontidae
(Pupfishes), subfamily: Cyprinodontinae
|
 |
Google Image (not verified)
May show another species!
|
|
|
Order:
|
Cyprinodontiformes
(rivulines, killifishes and live bearers)
|
|
Class:
|
Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
|
|
In this site name:
|
Whitefin pupfish |
|
Max. size:
|
5.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 43452); 4.07 cm SL (female) |
|
Environment: |
pelagic; freshwater
|
|
Climate: |
tropical |
|
Importance:
|
|
|
Resilience: |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.) |
Distribution:
|
North America: Mexico.
|
|
Morphology:
|
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 7 - 10;
Anal
soft rays: 6 – 10. Strikingly white, one third or more of the dorsal and anal fins in nuptial males, when viewed in clear, shallow water as a brilliant, milky- to pearly-white flag with a proximal, blackened blotch on its posterior margin. Terminal caudal bar strongly developed in adult males. First dorsal fin ray not modified, narrower than or only as broad as the second. Breast fully scaled. Modally 9 dorsal and anal fin rays; 27 lateral line scales; 28 total vertebrae.
|
|
Biology: |
Occur at relatively high elevations (1800-2300 m).
|
|
Red List Status: |
Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
|
|
Dangerous:
|
harmless
|
|
Coordinator: |
Costa, Wilson J.E.M.
|
|
|
