Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis

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.[2]

Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Cyprinodontidae
Genus:	Cyprinodon
Species:	C. rubrofluviatilis
Binomial name
Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis Fowler, 1916
Synonyms
Cyprinodon bovinus rubrofluviatilis Fowler, 1916

It grows to a total length of 5.8 cm (2.3 in) and feeds on midge larvae and other insects.[3] It was first described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1916, as a subspecies of the species Cyprinodon bovinus;[4] the specific epithet rubrofluviatilis refers to the Red River.[3]

References

1. NatureServe (2013). "Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202376A15363963. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202376A15363963.en.
2. Rainer Froese (ed.). "Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis Fowler, 1916". FishBase. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
3. "Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis, Red River pupfish". Texas Freshwater Fishes. Texas State University–San Marcos. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
4. Henry W. Fowler (1916). "Notes on fishes of the orders Haplomi and Microcyprini". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 68 (3): 415–439. JSTOR 4063702.

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". Journal of Fish Biology. 45 (2): 291–302. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.1994.tb01308.x.
• Anthony A. Echelle (1973). "Behavior of the pupfish, Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis". Copeia. 1973 (1): 68–76. doi:10.2307/1442359. JSTOR 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" (PDF). Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science. 75: 59–60.