Species of fish
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]
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
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2011-11-24.