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Common names: Devils Hole pupfish
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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Regulations: protected | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known only from the Devils Hole, Ash Meadows in Nye County, Nevada (Ref. 5723); restricted to the upper 30 m, a 3.5 x 22 m water-filled cavern (Ref. 127857). Population endangered due to lowering of water table (Ref. 5723). Status of threat: endangered; status declined since 1989. Criteria: 1,5 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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Common names from other countries

Djævlehuls-tandkarpe, Kuradiaugu hammaskarp, Paholaiskilli, ... more

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Cyprinodontidae (Pupfishes) > Cyprinodontinae
Etymology: Cyprinodon: Latin, cyprinus = carp + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic; non-migratory. Temperate; ? - 34°C (Ref. 127857); 38°N - 36°N

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North America: restricted to Devils Hole, Ash Meadows in Nye County, Nevada, USA.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5723); common length : 2.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193)

Occurs in deep limestone pools. The entire population feeds and breeds in an area 20 meters square, a limestone ledge along one side of Devils Hole. Not a seasonal killifish. Is very difficult to maintain in aquarium.

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Costa, Wilson J.E.M. | Collaborators

Huber, J.H., 1996. Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Critically Endangered (CR) (B1ab(v)+2ab(v); C2a(ii)); Date assessed: 27 August 2014

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01349 (0.00591 - 0.03081), b=3.14 (2.95 - 3.33), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.8 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Cyprinodon diabolis Wales, 1930