The Death Valley pupfish, also known as Salt Creek pupfish, is a small species of fish in the family Cyprinodontidae found only in Death Valley National Park, California, United States. There are two recognized subspecies: C. s. salinus and C. s. milleri. The Death Valley pupfish is endemic to two small, isolated locations and currently classified as endangered.
Harpalus, son of Machatas, was a Macedonian aristocrat and childhood friend of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC. Harpalus was repeatedly entrusted with official duties by Alexander and absconded with large sums of money on three occasions. Alexander appointed him treasurer of his empire in Babylon in 330 BC. In 324 BC he fled from Babylon to Athens with a large sum of money. The resulting political controversy in Athens was a contributing factor in the Lamian War.
Rumex hymenosepalus, commonly known as canaigre, canaigre dock, ganagra, wild rhubarb, Arizona dock, and tanner's dock, is a perennial flowering plant which is native to the North American deserts in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is a common food plant of the ruddy copper larvae.
Robert Rush Miller was an important figure in American ichthyology and conservation from 1940 to the 1990s.
Harpalus is a genus of ground beetle first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802.
Cataphractus may refer to:
Leymus salina is a species of grass known as Salina wildrye, Salina Pass wild rye, and saline wildrye. It is native to the western United States and is named for its type locality: Salina Pass, Utah.
Agonus is a monospecific genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Agoninae in the family Agonidae. Its only species is Agonus cataphractus, commonly known as the hooknose, pogge or armed bullhead. This is a demersal fish found in the coastal waters of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.
Synuchus agonus is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Harpalinae. It was described by Tschitscherine in 1895.
Harpalus salinus is a species of ground beetle native to Europe, where it can be found in Ukraine and southern part of Russia. It is also found in such Asian countries as Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Indian province Kashmir, and Chinese ones such as Xinjiang, and Tibet.
Harpalus salinus klementzae is a subspecies of ground beetle native to Central Asia, where it could be found in such countries as Mongolia, Chinese province of Xinjiang, and Russian autonomous regions such as Buryat Republic, Chita, Irkutsk, and Maritime Province.
The northern spearnose poacher, also known as the window-tailed sea-poacher or the windowtail poacher, is a fish in the family Agonidae. It was described by David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert in 1880, originally under the genus Agonus. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling fish which is known from the eastern Pacific Ocean, including southeastern Alaska to southern California, USA. It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 163 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in).
Dyschirius salinus is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Scaritinae. It was described by Schaum in 1843.
Pogonomyrmex salinus is a species of ant in the family Formicidae.
Pterostichus agonus is a species of woodland ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia and North America.
Limonius agonus, the eastern field wireworm, is a species of click beetle in the family Elateridae. It is found in North America.
Salinirubellus salinus is an halophile archaeal species. It was first isolated from a marine solar saltern in Zhejiang Province in China. It is the only known species in the genus Salinirubellus.
Spiribacter salinus is a moderately halophilic bacterium from the genus of Spiribacter.
