Empetrichthys latos latos Miller, 1948
Pahrump poolfish, Pahrump killifish
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct in the Wild (NatureServe, 2014)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution & Habitat
Pahrump Valley, southern Nye County, Nevada, USA
Anatomy & Morphology
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:
Grant, E. C. and Riddle, B. R. (1995). Are the endangered springfish (Crenichthys Hubbs) and poolfish (Empetrichthys Gilbert) fundulines or goodeids?: a mitochondrial DNA assessment. Copeia 1995: 209-212.
Kobetich, G. et al. (1980). Pahrump killifish recovery plan. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
La Rivers, I. (1962). Fishes and Fisheries of Nevada. Nevada State Fish and Game Commission, Carson City, Nevada.
Matthews, J. R. and Moseley, C.J. (eds) (eds). 1990. The Official World Wildlife Fund Guide to Endangered Species of North America. Volume 2. Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fishes, Mussels, Crustaceans, Snails, Inse. Washington DC: Beacham Publications, Inc.
Miller, R.R. and Smith, M.L. 1986. Origin and geography of fishes on central Mexico. In: C.H. Hocutt and E.O. Wiley, (eds) (eds), The zoogeography of North American freshwater fishes, pp. 487-517. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
Miller, R.R., Williams, J.D. and Williams, J.E. 1989. Extinctions of North American fishes during the past century. Fisheries 14(6): 22-38.
Minckley, W.L. and Deacon, J.E. 1991. Battle Against Extinction: Native Fish Management in the American West. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona.
Minckley, W.L., Meffe, G.K. and Soltz, D.L. 1991. Conservation and management of short-lived fishes: the cyprinodontoids. In: W.L. Minckley and J.E. Deacon (eds) (eds), Battle Against Extinction: Native Fish Management in the American West, pp. 247-282. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona.
NatureServe. (2014). Empetrichthys latos. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T62213A15362060. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T62213A15362060.en. Accessed on 02 August 2026.
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Page, L.M. and Burr, B.M. 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes: North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts.
Page, L.M. and Burr, B.M. 2011. Peterson field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, Massachusetts.
Parenti, L.R. 1981. A phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of Cyprinodontiform fishes (Teleostei, Atherinomorpha). Bulletin of the American Museum Natural History 168: 335-557.
Robins, C.R., Bailey, R.M., Bond, C.E., Brooker, J.R., Lachner, E.A., Lea, R.N. and Scott, W.B. 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society.
Sigler, W.F. and Sigler, J.W. 1987. Fishes of the Great Basin: a natural history. University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 1967. Native fish and wildlife: endangered species. Federal Register 32(48): 4001.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 1990. Endangered and threatened species recovery program: report to Congress. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 1993. Proposed reclassification of the Pahrump poolfish (Empetrichthys latos latos) from endangered to threatened status. Federal Register 58(182): 49279-83.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 2004. Withdrawal of proposed rule to reclassify the Pahrump poolfish (Empetrichthys latos) from endangered to threatened status. Federal Register 69(64): 17383-17386.