Raycraft_Ranch_killifish

Raycraft Ranch killifish

Raycraft Ranch killifish

Subspecies of fish

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    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. [2]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Empetrichthys latos" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. [3]
    69 FR 17383
  4. [4]
    "Empetrichthys latos Miller, 1948".


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