Raycraft Ranch killifish

Presumed Extinct  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Goodeidae
Genus: Empetrichthys
Species:
Subspecies:
E. l. concavus
Trinomial name
Empetrichthys latos concavus

The Raycraft Ranch killifish or Raycraft poolfish (Empetrichthys latos concavus), a subspecies of the killifish Empetrichthys latos,[2] was first described in 1948. This subspecies was restricted to a single spring on the Raycraft Ranch in the Pahrump Valley of Nye County, Nevada. It became extinct, most likely late in the 1950s,[3] as a result of groundwater extraction and the filling in of the spring,[1][4] along with competition from introduced carp species.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 NatureServe (7 April 2023). "Empetrichthys latos concavus - Miller, 1948". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Empetrichthys latos" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. 1 2 69 FR 17383
  4. "Empetrichthys latos Miller, 1948".


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