Hispaniola pupfish
The Hispaniola pupfish (Cyprinodon bondi) is a fish endemic to the lakes of Etang Saumâtre and Lake Enriquillo on the island of Hispaniola, in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
| Genus: | Cyprinodon |
| Species: | C. bondi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyprinodon bondi | |
Taxonomic history
George S. Myers wrote its species description in 1935. Its holotype was deposited at the National Museum of Natural History. The type locality of the fish is Étang Saumâtre, Haiti. Myers named this species after R. M. Bond, who collected the specimens Myers used for his description.[2]
Description
The adults' total length is up to 82 mm (3.2 in); this is large for the genus Cyprinodon.[2] Its standard length is up to 62 mm (2.4 in).[3]
Distribution
The fish's holotype and paratypes were all collected in Étang Saumâtre, Haiti.[2] Michael Leonard Smith writes this species is endemic to this lake, on the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic; some specimens collected from Lago Enriquillo had been identified as being C. bondi, but Smith argues that this identification was mistaken.[3]
References
- Lyons, T.J., Torres-Pineda, P. & Rodriguez, C. 2021. Cyprinodon bondi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T82958421A82962201. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T82958421A82962201.en. Downloaded on 23 April 2021.
- Myers, George S. (1935). "An Annotated List of the Cyprinodont Fishes of Hispanola, With Descriptions of Two New Species". Zoologia. 10 (5): 303–304.
- Smith, Michael Leonard (1989). "Cyprinodon nichollsi, a New Pupfish from Hispaniola, and Species Characteristics of C. bondi Myers (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes)". American Museum Novitates (2953): 7–9. hdl:2246/5108.
Further reading
- Burgess, G. H. (1983). "Cyprinodon bondi Myers". In Lee, D. S.; Platania, S. P.; Burgess, G. H. (eds.). Atlas of North American Freshwater Fishes: 1983 Supplement (PDF). North Carolina Biological Survey Contribution. Vol. 1983–6. Raleigh: North Carolina State Museum of Natural History. p. 52.
- Costa, Wilson J. E. M. (2003). "Family Cyprinodontidae (Pupfishes)". In Reis, Roberto E.; Kullander, Sven O.; Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (eds.). Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS. pp. 549–550. ISBN 978-85-7430-361-1.
- Richards, Emilie J.; Martin, Christopher H. (2017). "Adaptive introgression from distant Caribbean islands contributed to the diversification of a microendemic adaptive radiation of trophic specialist pupfishes". PLOS Genetics. 13 (8): e1006919. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1006919. PMC 5552031. PMID 28796803.
