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Blue Devils Hole pupfish (NPS)🐟

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SpeciesCyprinodontiformesCyprinodontidae
Fish

🐟Devils Hole pupfish

Cyprinodon diabolis Wales, 1930

El pez cachorrito del Hoyo del Diablo (Cyprinodon diabolis) es una especie de pez de la familia de los ciprinodóntidos en el orden de los ciprinodontiformes endémica del Hoyo del Diablo, un pequeño acuífero situado en el estado de Nevada. Según la Lista Roja de la UICN es una especie en peligro crítico de extinción, contando con una población de unos 30 ejemplares. Fue descrito por primera vez como especie en 1930 y está más estrechamente relacionado con C. nevadensis y el pez cachorrito del Valle de la Muerte (C. salinus). Se desconoce la edad de la especie, con diferentes análisis que ofrecen rangos entre mil y sesenta mil años.

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Also called
Devil's Hole pupfish, Devil's Hole Pupfish
Conservation status
CRCritically endangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2014.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.02 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Devils Hole pupfish

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body length
0.02 mrecord 0.03 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Trophic level
2.8
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 2.8 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Devils Hole pupfish yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderCyprinodontiformes
  4. ›familyCyprinodontidae
  5. ›genusCyprinodon
  6. ›speciesCyprinodon diabolis
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. suborderCyprinodontoidei
  3. tribeCyprinodontini
  4. genusCyprinodon
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. superorderAtherinomorphae
  11. orderCyprinodontiformes
  12. suborderCyprinodontoidei
  13. tribeCyprinodontini
  14. genusCyprinodon
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Teufelskärpfling (de), Karpieniec diabli (pl), Cyprinodon diabolis (fr), Дьявольский карпозубик (ru), Cyprinodon diabolis (es), Cyprinodon diabolis (ca) … and 18 more languages
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