Raycraft Ranch killifish

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Raycraft Ranch killifish
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Presumed Extinct  (NatureServe) [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Goodeidae
Genus: Empetrichthys
Species:
E. latos
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.). "Empetrichthys latos". FishBase . April 2019 version.
  3. 1 2 69 FR 17383
  4. ↑ "Empetrichthys latos Miller, 1948".


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