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Cyprinodon  48 Arten + 11 Unterarten

Cyprinodon albivelis W. L. Minckley & R. R. Miller, 2002

Three new Pupfish Species, Cyprinodon (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae), from Chihuahua, Mexico, and Arizona, USA. Copeia, (3): 697, fig. 4.

Type locality: Yepomera, Rio Papigochic, Chihuahua state, alt. 2048 m, northern Mexico.

Cyprinodon alvarezi R. R. Miller, 1976 

Four new Pupfishes of the genus Cyprinodon from Mexico, with a Key to the C. eximius complex. Bull. Southern Calif. Acad. Sci., 75: 72, fig. 1D.

Type locality: El Potosí, Nuevo León, Mexico.

Cyprinodon alvarezi "1982"

Cyprinodon arcuatus (W. L. Minckley & R. R. Miller, 2002) 

Three new Pupfish Species, Cyprinodon (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae), from Chihuahua, Mexico, and Arizona, USA. Copeia, (3): 699, fig. 5.

Type locality: Monkey Spring, tributary to Santa Cruz river, 12 km north-northeast Patagonia, Santa Cruz county, Arizona state, (southwestern) USA.

Cyprinodon atrorus (R. R. Miller, 1968) 

Two new Fishes of the Genus Cyprinodon from the Cuatro Cienegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico. Occasional Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 659: 7, fig. 2. 

Type locality: south of Cuatro Ciénegas (vicinity of rio Mesquites, subseq.), Coahuila state, Mexico.

Cyprinodon atrorus "MX KS 03-2011 Cuatro Cienegas"

Cyprinodon artifrons    Hubbs, 1936

Fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications No. 457 (art. 17): 157-287, Pls. 1-15.

Aguilar‑Medrano, R. and M. E. Vega‑Cendejas  2024 (31 May) [ref. 41240] See ref. online

Ecomorphological diversification of the Cyprinodon species complex from Lake Chichankanab, Yucatan, Mexico. Ichthyological Research: [1-12]. [First appeared online, pp. 1-12, on 31 May 2024.]

Cyprinodon beltrani (Álvarez, 1949) 

Una nueva Especie de Peces Cyprinodintiformes de la Laguna de Chichankanab, Quintana Roo. Rev. Soc. Mex. Hist. Nat., 10 (1-4): 236, fig. 1.

Type locality: laguna Chichancanab, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Cyprinodon bifasciatus (R. R. Miller, 1968) 

Two new Fishes of the Genus Cyprinodon from the Cuatro Cienegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico. Occasional Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 659: 1, fig. 1.

Type locality: río Puente Colorado, ca. 11 km south of Cuatro Ciénegas, Río Mesquites system, Coahuila state, Mexico. 

Cyprinodon bobmilleri (Lozano-Vilano & Contreras-Balderas, 1999) 

Cyprinodon bobmilleri: New Species of Pupfish from Nuevo Leon, Mexico (Pisces: Cyprinodontidae). Copeia, (2): 383, figs. 1 A-B, 2.

Type locality: Manantial Baño de San Ignacio, near Linares, San Fernando basin, Nuevo León, Mexico.

Cyprinodon bondi (G. S. Myers, 1935) 

An annotated List of the Cyprinodont Fishes of Hispaniola, with Descriptions of two new Species. Zoologica (New York), 19 (3): 303.

Type locality: Étang Saumâtre, Haïti, West Indies.

Cyprinodon bovinus (S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853) 

Description of new Species of Fishes collected by Mr. John H. Clark, on the U.S. and Mexican Boundary Survey under Lt. Col. Jus. D. Graham. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 6: 389.

Type locality: Leon springs, ca. 7 km north of Fort Stockton, Rio Grande del Norte, Pecos county, Texas state, U.S.A.

Cyprinodon brontotheroides (C. H. Martin & Wainwright, 2013) 

A remarkable species flock of Cyprinodon pupfishes endemic to San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54(2):231-240.

Distribution: San Salvador Island, Bahamas.

Cyprinodon ceciliae (Lozano-Vilano & Contreras-Balderas, 1993) 

Four new Species of Cyprinodon from Southern Leon, Mexico, with a Key to the C. eximius Complex (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae). Ichthyol. ExpIor. Freshwaters, 4 (4): 305, figs. 3d, 4c.

Type locality: Ojo de Agua la Presa, at San Juan de Avilés, Aramberri, Nuevo León, interior basin of Llanos de Salas, Mexico, 1600 m altitude.

Cyprinodon dearborni (Meek, 1909)

New Species of Fish from tropical America. Field Columbian Mus. Zool. Ser. (Chicago Nat. Hist. Mus. Fieldiana Zool.) Publication, 132, 7 (7): 208.

Type locality: 7 miles (11 km) west of Willemstad, Van Lier estate, Curaçao, Dutch West Indies, lower Caribbean archipelago.

Cyprinodon desquamator (C. H. Martin & Wainwright, 2013)

 A remarkable species flock of Cyprinodon pupfishes endemic to San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54(2):231-240.

Distribution: San Salvador Island, Bahamas.

Cyprinodon diabolis (Wales, 1930) 

Biometrical Studies of some Races of Cyprinodont Fishes from the Death Valley Region, with the Description of Cyprinodon diabolis n. sp. Copeia: 68.

Type locality: Devil's Hole, Ash Meadows, Nye county, Nevada state, U.S.A.

Cyprinodon elegans (S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853) 

Description of new Species of Fishes collected by Mr. John H. Clark, on the U.S. and Mexican Boundary Survey under Lt. Col. Jus. D. Graham. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 6: 389.

Type locality: rio Grande del Norte (Comanche spring, near Fort Stockton, subseq.), Texas, U.S.A.

Cyprinodon eremus (R. R. Miller & Fuiman, 1987) 

Description and Conservation Status of Cyprinodon macularius eremus, a new subspecies of Pupfish from Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona. Copeia, (3): 596, figs. 3-4.

Type locality: Quitobaquito, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Pima county, Arizona, U.S.A., 332 m altitude.

Cyprinodon esconditus (Strecker, 2002) 

Cyprinodon esconditus, a new Pupfish from Laguna Chichancanab, Yucatan, Mexico (Cyprinodontidae). Cybium, 26 (4): 302, figs 3-4.

Type locality: southem end of Laguna Chichancanab at its broadest part, Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Cyprinodon eximius (Girard, 1859) 

Ichthyological notices. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 11 (nos. 60-77): 157-161. [Earliest distribution given as 18 October in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 11:280 (1859) based on Aug. and Sept. issues (no specific information given for May and June issues).

Distribution: Texas (U.S.A.) and northern Mexico.

Cyprinodon fontinalis M. L. Smith & R. R. Miller, 1980 

Systematics and Variation of a new Cyprinodontid Fish, Cyprinodon fontinalis, from Chihuahua, Mexico. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 93 (2): 405, fig. 1.

Type locality: Ojo de Carbonera, about 36 airline km west of Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua state, Mexico.

Cyprinodon fontinalis "MX Ojo del Apache"

Cyprinodon higuey (C. M. Rodriguez & M. L. Smith, 1990) 

Systematics of Cyprinodon higuey n.sp. and Cyp. jamaicensis Fowler from the greater Antilles (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2990: 3, figs. 2-4.

Type locality: laguna de Bávaro, at village of Cabeza de Toro, Altagracia province, Santo Domingo.

Cyprinodon inmemoriam (Lozano-Vilano & Contreras-Balderas, 1993) 

Four new Species of Cyprinodon from Southern Leon, Mexico, with a Key to the C. eximius Complex (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae). Ichthyol. ExpIor. Freshwaters, 4 (4): 299, fig. 3b.

Type locality: Ojo La Trinidad, interior basin of Llanos de Salas, Aramberri, Nuevo León, Mexico.

Cyprinodon julimes (De la Maza-Benignos & Vela-Valladares, 2009)

Los Peces del Río Conchos. Chihuahua. [New taxa are in Apéndice D, pp. 185-189.]

Checklist of freshwater fishes of North America, including subspecies and undescribed forms. 

http://www.nanfa.org/checklist.shtml

Distribution: Thermal spring, Rio Conchos Basin, Chihuahua, Mexico. 

Cyprinodon labiosus (Humphries & R. R. Miller, 1981) 

A remarkable Species Flock of Pupfishes, Genus Cyprinodon, from Yucatan, Mexico.

Copeia: 55, figs. 3C, 4A, 5C.

Type locality: laguna Chichancanab, in lagoon at southern end on northern side of highway 184, Yucatán, Mexico.

Cyprinodon laciniatus (C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1942) 

Studies of Fishes of the Order Cyprinodontes. XVIII. Cyprinodon laciniatus, new Species, from the Bahamas. Occasional Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 458: 5, figs. 1A, C, E ; pl. 1.

Type locality: lake Cunningham, New Providence island, Bahamas.

Cyprinodon latifasciatus Garman 1881

New and little-known reptiles and fishes in the museum collections. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 8 (no. 3): 85-93.

Page, L. M., K. E. Bemis, T. E. Dowling, H. S. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, K. E. Hartel, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, M. A. Neighbors, J. J. Schmitter-Soto and H. J. Walker Jr.  2023 (22 Sept.) 

Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Eighth edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication No. 37: i-vii + 1-439.

Cyprinodon longidorsalis (Lozano-Vilano & Contreras-Balderas, 1993) 

Four new Species of Cyprinodon from Southern Leon, Mexico, with a Key to the C. eximius Complex (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae). Ichthyol. ExpIor. Freshwaters, 4 (4): 297, figs. 3a, 4a.

Type locality: Charco La Palma, interior basin of Llanos de Salas, Aramberri, Nuevo León, Mexico.

Cyprinodon longidorsalis

Cyprinodon macrolepis (R. R. Miller, 1976) 

Four new Pupfishes of the genus Cyprinodon from Mexico, with a Key to the C. eximius complex.

Bull. Southern Calif. Acad. Sci., 75: 74, fig. 1F.

Type locality: El Ojo de la Hacienda Dolores, 12.5 km south southwest of Jiménez, Chihuahua, Mexico, 1405 m altitude.

Cyprinodon macularius (S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853) 

Description of new Species of Fishes collected by Mr. John H. Clark, on the U.S. and Mexican Boundary Survey under Lt. Col. Jus. D. Graham. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 6: 389.

Type locality: tributary to Gila river (rio San Pedro, subseq.), Arizona, U.S.A.

Cyprinodon maya (Humphries & R. R. Miller, 1981) 

A remarkable Species Flock of Pupfishes, Genus Cyprinodon, from Yucatan, Mexico.

Copeia: 55, figs. 2B, 3B, 5B.

Type locality: laguna Chichancanab, in lagoon at southern end on northern side of highway 184, Yucatán, Mexico.

Cyprinodon meeki (R. R. Miller, 1976) 

Four new Pupfishes of the genus Cyprinodon from Mexico, with a Key to the C. eximius complex. Bull. Southern Calif. Acad. Sci., 75: 73, fig. 1E.

Type locality: tributary to río del Tunal, ca. 9 km east of Durango city, Durango state, Mexico, ca. 1880 m altitude.

Cyprinodon nazas (R. R. Miller, 1976) 

Four new Pupfishes of the genus Cyprinodon from Mexico, with a Key to the C. eximius complex.

Bull. Southern Calif. Acad. Sci., 75: 72, fig. 1C.

Type locality: río Nazas near its mouth at San Miguel, near edge of laguna Mayrán, Coahuila, Mexico, 1093 m altitude.

Cyprinodon nevadensis (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889)

Description of a new Species of Cyprinodon. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2 (1): 270.

Type locality: Saratoga springs, south arm of Death Valley, San Bernardino county, (erroneously Nevada) California state, U.S.A.

Cyprinodon nevadensis subspecies amargosae (R. R. Miller, 1948) 

The Cyprinodont Fishes of the Death Valley System of Eastern California and Southwestern Nevada. Misc. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 68: 28, pl. 3.

Type locality: Amargosa river near Acme, San Bernardino County, California, U.S.A.

Cyprinodon nevadensis subspecies calidae (R. R. Miller, 1948)

The Cyprinodont Fishes of the Death Valley System of Eastern California and Southwestern Nevada. Misc. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 68: 36.

Type locality: South Tecopa Hot Spring, 1/4-1/2 mile (400-800 m) below spring source, Inyo County, Nevada, U.S.A.

Cyprinodon nevadensis subspecies pectoralis (R. R. Miller, 1948) 

The Cyprinodont Fishes of the Death Valley System of Eastern California and Southwestern Nevada. Misc. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 68: 58, pl. 6.

Type locality: below Lovell's spring, Ash Meadows, Nye County, Nevada, U.S.A.

Cyprinodon nevadensis subspecies shoshone (R. R. Miller, 1948) 

The Cyprinodont Fishes of the Death Valley System of Eastern California and Southwestern Nevada. Misc. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 68: 39, pl. 4.

Type locality: Shoshone spring, near Shoshone, Inyo County, California, U.S.A.

 Cyprinodon nevadensis subspecies mionectes (R. R. Miller, 1948) 

The Cyprinodont Fishes of the Death Valley System of Eastern California and Southwestern Nevada. Misc. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 68: 44, pl. 5.

Type locality: Big spring, north-central Ash Meadows, Nye County, Nevada, U.S.A.

Cyprinodon nevadensis mionectes "Point of Rock Spring"

Cyprinodon nichollsi (M. L. Smith, 1989) 

Cyprinodon nichollsi, a new Pupfish from Hispaniola, and Species Characteristics of C. bondi Myers (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2953: 3, fig. 1.

Type locality: laguna de Oviedo, 4 km east of Oviedo on road 44, Jaragua National park, Santo Domingo.

Cyprinodon pachycephalus (W. L. Minckley & C. O. Minckley, 1986) 

Cyprinodon pachycephalus, a new Species of Pupfish (Cyprinodontidae) from the Chihuahuan Desert of Northern Mexico. Copeia, (1): 184, figs. 1-2.

Type locality: Baños de San Diego, 57 airline km east of Chihuahua city, Mexico, ca. 1140 m altitude.

Cyprinodon pecosensis (A. A. Echelle & A. F. Echelle, 1978) 

The Pecos River Pupfish, Cyprinodon pecosensis n. sp., with Comments on its Evolutionary origin. Copeia: 573, figs. 2-3.

Type locality: Oxbow of Pecos river at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 11.6 km east and 8 km north of Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Cyprinodon pisteri (R. R. Miller & W. L. Minckley, 2002) 

Three new Pupfish Species, Cyprinodon (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae), from Chihuahua, Mexico, and Arizona, USA. Copeia, (3): 687, figs. 1-2.

Type locality: Ojo de Palomas Viejo (today dried out), 5.2 km S. Las Palomas, Chihuahua state, (northern) Mexico.

Cyprinodon radiosus (R. R. Miller, 1948) 

The Cyprinodont Fishes of the Death Valley System of Eastern California and Southwestern Nevada. Misc. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 68: 87, pl. 9.

Type locality: northwestern spring-feeder of Fish Slough, ca. 10 miles north of Bishop, Mono County, California, U.S.A.

Cyprinodon riverendi (Poey, 1860) 

Poissons de Cuba, Espèces nouvelles. Mem. Hist. Nat. Isla de Cuba, Havana., vol. 2 art. 49: 306.

Type locality: Havana (today Habana), Cuba.

Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis (Fowler, 1916)  

Notes on Fishes of the Orders Haplomi and Microcyprini. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 68: 430, fig. 4.

Type locality: rio Brazos, between Seymour and Authon, Texas, U.S.A.

Cyprinodon salinus (R. R. Miller, 1943

Cyprinodon salinus, a new Species of Fish from Death Valley, California. Copeia: 69, fig. 1, pl. 1.

Type locality: Salt creek, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, U.S.A.

Cyprinodon salinus subspecies milleri (LaBounty & Deacon, 1972 

Cyprinodon milleri, a new Species of Pupfish (Family Cyprinodontidae) from Death Valley, California. Copeia: 769, fig.

Type locality: Cottonball Marsh, Death Valley National Monument, Inyo County, California, U.S.A.

Cyprinodon salvadori (Lozano-Vilano, 2002) 

Cyprinodon salvadori, new species from the upper Rio Conchos, Chihuahua, México, with a revised Key to the C. eximius Complex (Pisces, Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae). Libro Jubilar en Honor al Dr. Salvador Contreras Balderas, Dirección de Publicaciones, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México: 17, figs. 2a-b.

Type locality: 15.3 km before entry of Carichic, San Juanito, Rio Santa Rosa, Bocochic, Chihuahua state, (northern) Mexico.

Cyprinodon simus (Humphries & R. R. Miller, 1981) 

 A remarkable Species Flock of Pupfishes, Genus Cyprinodon, from Yucatan, Mexico.

Copeia: 60, figs. 3D, 4B, 5D.

Type locality: laguna Chichancanab, in lagoon at southern end on northern side of highway 184, Yucatán, Mexico.

Cyprinodon simus

Cyprinodon suavium (Strecker, 2005)

Description of a new species from Laguna Chichancanab, Yucatan, Mexico: Cyprinodon suavium (Pisces: Cyprinodontidae). Hydrobiologia, 541: 109, figs. 2-3.

Type locality: dead end of road from Rancho Santa Cruz, Yucatan, Quintana Roo, (southeastern) Mexico. 

Cyprinodon tularosa (R. R. Miller & A. A. Echelle, 1975) 

Cyprinodon tularosa, a new Cyprinodontid Fish from the Tularosa Basin, New Mexico.

Southwest. Nat., 19 (4): 366, fig. 1.

Type locality: Malpais spring, ca. 26 km west-southwest of Three Rivers, Otero County, Tularosa basin, New Mexico, U.S.A., ca. 1275 m altitude.

Cyprinodon variegatus (Lacépède, 1803)

Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Plassan Ed., Paris, 5: 486, 487, pl. 15 (fig. 1).

Type locality: Charles-Town bay (today Charleston bay), southern Carolina state, U.S.A.

Cyprinodon variegatus subspecies baconi (Breder, 1932)

An annotated List of Fishes from Lake Forsyth, Andros Island, Bahamas, with the Descriptions of three new Forms. Amer. Mus. Novitates, 551: 1, fig. 1.

Type locality: lake Forsyth, Andros island, Bahamas.

Cyprinodon variegatus subspecies ovinus (Mitchill, 1815)

The Fishes of New York, described and arranged. Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc. New York, 1 (5): 441, pl. 4 (fig. 7).

Type locality: New York (New York state), U.S.A.

Cyprinodon variegatus subspecies artifrons (Hubbs, 1936)

Fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula. Carnegie Inst. Wash. Pub., 457: 223, pl. 6.

Type locality: surroundings of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico.

Cyprinodon variegatus subspecies riverendi (Poey, 1860)

Poissons de Cuba, Espèces nouvelles. Mem. Hist. Nat. Isla de Cuba, Havana., vol. 2 art. 49: 306.

Type locality: Havana (today Habana), Cuba.

Cyprinodon variegatus subspecies hubbsi (Carr, 1936)

A new Species of Cyprinodon from Lake Eustis, Florida. Copeia, (3): 160.

Type locality: lake Eustis, southwestern shore, Lake county, Florida, U.S.A. 

Cyprinodon verecundus (Humphries, 1984) 

Cyprinodon verecundus n. sp., a fifth Species of Pupfish from Laguna Chichancanab. Copeia: 62, fig. 2.

Type locality: laguna Chichancanab, ca. 3.6 km from northern end of basin, Yucatán, Mexico.

Cyprinodon veronicae (Lozano-Vilano & Contreras-Balderas, 1993) 

Four new species of Cyprinodon from southern Nuevo León, Mexico, with a key to the C. eximius complex (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 4 (no. 4): 295-308.

Distribution: Ojo de Agua Charco Azul, Mexico. 

Cyprinodon veronicae "MEX Aramberri Charco Azul"