Biology:Raycraft Ranch killifish

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Short description: Subspecies of fish

Empetrichthys latos concavus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Goodeidae
Genus: Empetrichthys
Species:
Subspecies:
E. l. concavus
Trinomial name
Empetrichthys latos concavus
R. R. Miller, 1948

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

Wikidata ☰ Q6544831 entry