Empetrichthys
Empetrichthys is a genus of splitfins endemic to the state of Nevada in the United States.In 1989 they only had an estimated population of 24800, while its two other subspecies had gone extinct. This species mating season typically falls in spring. These animals are in danger and facing threats because their water is drying out because of pumping of ground water for agricultural developments.
| Empetrichthys | |
|---|---|
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| Pahrump poolfish (E. latos) | |
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| Ash Meadows killifish (†E. merriami) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Goodeidae |
| Subfamily: | Empetrichthyinae |
| Genus: | Empetrichthys C. H. Gilbert, 1893 |
| Type species | |
| Empetrichthys merriami Gilbert, 1893[1] | |
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Empetrichthys latos R. R. Miller, 1948
- †Empetrichthys latos concavus R. R. Miller, 1948 (Raycraft Ranch poolfish)
- Empetrichthys latos latos R. R. Miller, 1948 (Pahrump poolfish)
- †Empetrichthys latos pahrump R. R. Miller, 1948 (Pahrump Ranch poolfish)
- †Empetrichthys merriami C. H. Gilbert, 1893 (Ash Meadows killifish)
References
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Empetrichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Empetrichthys in FishBase. August 2012 version.
- Williams, Jack (1996). "Threatened fishes of the world: Empetrichthys latos Miller, 1948 (Cyprinodontidae)". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 45 (3): 272. doi:10.1007/BF00003095. S2CID 26214355.
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