Cyprinodon salinus

Cyprinodon salinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Cyprinodontoidei

Familia: Cyprinodontidae
Subfamilia: Cyprinodontinae
Genus: Cyprinodon
Species: Cyprinodon salinus
Subspecies: C. s. salinus – C. s. milleri

Name

Cyprinodon salinus Miller, 1943

• Holotype: UMMZ 132940. Paratypes: ANSP 77462 [ex UMMZ] (12); MNHN 1953-0034 [ex UMMZ 94444] (9); CAS-SU 23045 (147, now 141); UMMZ 65962 (36), 94444 (9, now 0), 140482 (488), 132941 (orig. 1642, now 1595); ZMA 102216 [ex UMMZ] (35).
• Type locality: Salt Creek, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, U.S.A.

References

• Miller, R.R. 1943: Cyprinodon salinus, a new species of fish from Death Valley, California. Copeia 2: 69–78. Reference page. 

Selected links

• Cyprinodon salinus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on August 28, 2014.
• Cyprinodon salinus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Cyprinodon salinus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• IUCN: Cyprinodon salinus  (Endangered)