Cyprinodon simus Humphries & Miller, 1981
Boxer pupfish, Verticaljaw pupfish
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct in the wild
Last record: 1998?
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
Laguna Chichancanab, Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Paratypes:
TU 111577 (1); UMMZ 196545 (17), 201736 (2), 201750 (5), 201757 (1), 201762 (18, 5 c&s), 203906 (1, allotype); USNM 220014 (1).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Humphries, Julian M. and Miller, Robert Rush. (1981). A remarkable species of flock of pupfishes, genus Cyprinodon, from Yucatán, México. Copeia 1981(1): 52-64. [Abstract]
Other references:
Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. (1996). Cyprinodon simus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 31 May 2013.
Strecker, U. (2006). The impact of invasive fish on an endemic Cyprinodon species flock (Teleostei) from Laguna Chichancanab, Yucatan, Mexico. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 15: 408-418.
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