Cyprinodon nevadensis shoshone Miller, 1948
Shoshone pupfish
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered on: 31 July 1986 (Taylor et al., 1988:70; Williams et al., 1989:17 [as 1986])
IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable (as a species)
Distribution
Shoshone Springs, Inyo County, California, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Miller, Robert Rush. (1948). The cyprinodont fishes of the Death Valley system of eastern California and southwestern Nevada. Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. 68: 1-155.
Other references:
Castleberry, Daniel T., Williams, Jack E., Sato, Georgina M., Hopkins, Todd E., Brasher, Anne M., and Parker, Michael S. (1990). Status and Management of Shoshone Pupfish, Cyprinodon nevadensis shoshone (Cyprinodontidae), at Shoshone Spring, Inyo County, California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences: Vol. 89: Iss. 1.
Miller, Robert Rush. (1967). Status of populations of native fishes of the Death Valley system in California and Nevada completion report of resource studies problems. U.S. National Park Service. August 4, 1967. 20 pp.
Miller, Robert Rush. (1970). Survival of fish populations, pp. 3-5. In: Pister, E. P. (ed.). The rare and endangered fishes of the Death Valley system- a summary of the proceedings of a symposium relating to their protection and preservation. California Department of Fish and Game.
NatureServe. (2013). Cyprinodon nevadensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T62210A15362971. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T62210A15362971.en. Accessed on 06 April 2025.
Pister, E. P. (1974). Desert fishes and their habitats. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 103(3): 531-540.
Selby, D. A. (1977). Report on the aquatic systems of the Tecopa-Shoshone area of the Death Valley system–fish, invertebrates, and habitat status. California Department of Fish and Game. 93 pp. [NB: the en dash is actually a colon, but it produces a 403 error when I try to save the web page]
Taylor, F., R. Miller, J. Pedretti, and, J. Deacon. (1988). Rediscovery of the Shoshone pupfish, Cyprinodon nevadensis shoshone, at Shoshone Springs, Inyo County, California. Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci. 87(2): 67-73.
Williams, Jack E., Johnson, James E., Hendrickson, Dean A., Contreras-Balderas, Salvador, Williams, James D., Navarro-Mendoza, Miguel, McAllister, Don E. and Deacon, James E. (1989). Fishes of North America endangered, threatened, or of special concern: 1989. Fisheries 14(6): 2-20.