Raycraft Ranch killifish

The Raycraft Ranch killifish or Raycraft poolfish (Empetrichthys latos concavus) is a subspecies of the killifish Empetrichthys latos,[2] was first described in 1948. This subspecies was restricteded to a single spring on the Raycraft Ranch in the Pahrump Valley of Nye County, Nevada it became extinct as a result of groundwater extraction and the filling in of the spring.[1][3]

Raycraft Ranch killifish

Presumed Extinct  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Goodeidae
Genus: Empetrichthys
Species:
Subspecies:
E. l. concavus
Trinomial name
Empetrichthys latos concavus

References

  1. "Empetrichthys latos concavus - Miller, 1948". Natureserve. 20 September 1996. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Empetrichthys latos" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. "Empetrichthys latos Miller, 1948".


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