Overview
Family : Pupfishes; 5.9 cm max SL [1]. Not a seasonal killifish. Is difficult to maintain in aquarium [2].
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Perrito de Potosi, Potosi pupfish
Common Names in Finnish:
Potosinkilli
Common Names in German:
El Potosi-W, El Potosi-Wüstenkärpfling
Common Names in Spanish:
Cachorrito De Potos, cachorrito de PotosÃ, cachorrito de Potosí, Perrito de Potosi
Description
Physical Description
Species Cyprinodon alvarezi
Males are commonly 4 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 5 cm (Total Length).
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [3].
Biology
Migration
Non-migratory.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
()
- Berg, 1940
- Family:
Cyprinodontidae
()
- Gill, 1865
- Subfamily:
Cyprinodontinae
()
- Genus:
Cyprinodon
()
- Lacépède, 1803
- Specific name:
alvarezi
- Miller, 1976
- Scientific name: - Cyprinodon alvarezi Miller, 1976
- Specific name:
alvarezi
- Miller, 1976
- Genus:
Cyprinodon
(
- Subfamily:
Cyprinodontinae
(
- Family:
Cyprinodontidae
(
- Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 04-May-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cyprinodon
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 60 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. albivelis (Whitefin Pupfish) · C. alvarezi (Perrito De Potosi) · C. arcuatus (Santa Cruz Pupfish) · C. artifrons (Yucatan Pupfish) · C. atrorus (Perrito Del Bolson) · C. beltrani (Cachorrito Lodero) · C. bifasciatus (Perrito De Cuatro Cienegas) · C. blanfordii (Red River Pupfish) · C. bobmilleri (San Ignacio Pupfish) · C. bondi (Hispaniola Pupfish) · C. bovinus (Leon Springs Pupfish) · C. bovinus rubrofluviatilis (Red River Pupfish) · C. carpio (Goldspotted Killifish) · C. ceciliae (Cachorrito De La Presa) · C. diabolis (Devil's Hole Pupfish) · C. elegans (Comanche Springs Pupfish) · C. eremus (Quitobaquito Pupfish) · C. esconditus (Hidden Pupfish) · C. eximius (Conchos Pupfish) · C. fontinalis (Perrito De Carbonera) · C. hubbsi (Lake Eustis Minnow) · C. iberus (Spanish Toothcarp) · C. inmemoriam (Cachorrito De La Trinidad) · C. labiosus (Cachorrito Cangrejero) · C. laciniatus (Bahama Pupfish) · C. latifasciatus (Perrito De Parras) · C. longidorsalis (Cachorrito De Charco Palmal) · C. macrolepis (Largescale Pupfish) · C. macularius (Desert Mogurnda) · C. macularius baileyi (White River Springfish) · C. macularius macularius (Desert Pupfish) · C. maya (Cachorrito Gigante) · C. meeki (Cachorrito De Mezquital) · C. milleri (Cottonball Marsh Pupfish) · C. nazas (Cachorrito Del Aguanaval) · C. nevadensis (Amargosa Pupfish?names of Fishes 109) · C. nevadensis amargosae (Amargosa Pupfish) · C. nevadensis mionectes (Ash Meadows Pupfish) · C. nevadensis nevadensis (Amargosa Pupfish) · C. nevadensis pectoralis (Warm Springs Amargosa Pupfish) · C. nevadensis shoshone (Shoshone Pupfish) · C. orthonotus (Spotted Killifish) · C. pachycephalus (Cachorrito Cabezon) · C. parvus (Rainwater Killifish) · C. pecosensis (Pecos Pupfish) · C. pisteri (Guzman Pupfish) · C. radiosus (Owens River Pupfish) · C. rubrofluviatilis (Salt Creek Pupfish) · C. salinus (Cottonball Marsh Pupfish) · C. salinus milleri (Cottonball Marsh Pupfish) · C. salinus salinus (Salt Creek Pupfish) · C. salvadori (Bocochi Pupfish) · C. simus (Cachorrito Boxeador) · C. spp. (Perritos De Sandia) · C. tularosa (Bahama Sheepshead Minnow) · C. variegatus (Bahama Sheepshead Minnow) · C. variegatus hubbsi (Lake Eustis Minnow) · C. variegatus variegatus (Bahama Sheepshead Minnow) · C. verecundus (Cachorrito De Dorsal Larga) · C. veronicae (Cachorrito De Charco Azul)
More Info
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Further Reading
- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 104.
- Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1971- url p. 68, p. 72, p. 75, p. 77.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
- Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. 1996. Cyprinodon alvarezi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- Contreras-Balderas, S. and Almada-Villela, P. 1996. Cyprinodon alvarezi. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Costa, Wilson J.E.M. (from FishBase).
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 125514
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-31749
- Fishbase Species ID: 6246
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 647218
- IUCN ID: 204122
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4195
Footnotes
- Hugg, D.O. (1996). MAPFISH georeferenced mapping database. Freshwater and estuarine fishes of North America. Life Science Software. Dennis O. and Steven Hugg, 1278 Turkey Point Road, Edgewater, Maryland, USA. [back]
- Huber, J.H. (1996). Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturel ... [back]
- Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. 1996. Cyprinodon alvarezi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
