page_title: Cyprinodon
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Cyprinodon / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: A Sonoyta pupfish (also called a Quitobaquito pupfish)
context_page_description: Cyprinodon is a genus of small pupfishes found in waters that range from fresh to hypersaline. The genus is primarily found in Mexico, the Caribbean Islands and southern United States, but C. variegatus occurs as far north as Massachusetts and along the entire Gulf of Mexico coastline, and C. dearborni and C. variegatus are found in northern South America. Many species have tiny ranges and are highly threatened, in some cases already extinct. Cyprinodon are small; the largest reaches 10 cm in length and most other species only reach about half that size.
context_section_description: There are currently 49 recognized species in this genus:
  Cyprinodon albivelis W. L. Minckley & R. R. Miller, 2002 (Whitefin pupfish)
  Cyprinodon alvarezi R. R. Miller, 1976 (Potosi pupfish)
  †Cyprinodon arcuatus W. L. Minckley & R. R. Miller, 2002 (Santa Cruz pupfish)
  Cyprinodon artifrons C. L. Hubbs, 1936 (Yucatán pupfish)
  Cyprinodon atrorus R. R. Miller, 1968 (Bolson pupfish)
  Cyprinodon beltrani Álvarez, 1949 (Blackfin pupfish)
  Cyprinodon bifasciatus R. R. Miller, 1968 (Cuatro Cienegas pupfish)
  Cyprinodon bobmilleri Lozano-Vilano & Contreras-Balderas, 1999 (San Ignacio pupfish)
  Cyprinodon bondi G. S. Myers, 1935 (Hispaniola pupfish)
  Cyprinodon bovinus S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853 (Leon Springs pupfish)
  Cyprinodon brontotheroides C. H. Martin & Wainwright, 2013 (Durophage pupfish)
  †Cyprinodon ceciliae Lozano-Vilano & Contreras-Balderas, 1993 (Villa Lopez pupfish)
  Cyprinodon dearborni Meek, 1909
  Cyprinodon desquamator C. H. Martin & Wainwright, 2013 (Scale-eating pupfish)
  Cyprinodon diabolis Wales, 1930 (Devil's Hole pupfish)
  Cyprinodon elegans S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853 (Comanche Springs pupfish)
  Cyprinodon eremus R. R. Miller & Fuiman, 1987 (Sonoyta pupfish)
  Cyprinodon esconditus Strecker, 2002 (Hidden pupfish)
  Cyprinodon eximius Girard, 1859 (Conchos pupfish)
  Cyprinodon fontinalis M. L. Smith & R. R. Miller, 1980 (Carbonera pupfish)
  Cyprinodon higuey C. M. Rodriguez & M. L. Smith, 1990 (Black-and-blue Pupfish)
  Cyprinodon hubbsi Carr, 1936 (Lake Eustis minnow)
  †Cyprinodon inmemoriam Lozano-Vilano & Contreras-Balderas, 1993 (Charco Azul pupfish)
  Cyprinodon julimes De la Maza-Benignos & Vela-Valladares, 2009 (Julimes pupfish)
  Cyprinodon labiosus Humphries & R. R. Miller, 1981 (Thicklip pupfish)
  Cyprinodon laciniatus C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1942 (Bahama pupfish)
  Cyprinodon latifasciatus Garman, 1881 (Parras pupfish) 
  Cyprinodon longidorsalis Lozano-Vilano & Contreras-Balderas, 1993 (La Palma pupfish)
  Cyprinodon macrolepis R. R. Miller, 1976 (Largescale pupfish)
  Cyprinodon macularius S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853 (Desert pupfish)
  Cyprinodon maya Humphries & R. R. Miller, 1981 (Maya pupfish)
  Cyprinodon meeki R. R. Miller, 1976 (Mezquital pupfish)
  Cyprinodon nazas R. R. Miller, 1976 (Nazas pupfish)
  Cyprinodon nevadensis C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889
  Cyprinodon nevadensis amargosae R. R. Miller, 1948 (Amargosa River pupfish)
  †Cyprinodon nevadensis calidae R. R. Miller, 1948 (Tecopa pupfish)
  Cyprinodon nevadensis mionectes R. R. Miller, 1948 (Ash Meadows pupfish)
  Cyprinodon nevadensis nevadensis C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889 (Amargosa pupfish)
  Cyprinodon nevadensis pectoralis R. R. Miller, 1948 (Warm Springs pupfish)
  Cyprinodon nevadensis shoshone R. R. Miller, 1948 (Shoshone pupfish)
  Cyprinodon nichollsi M. L. Smith, 1989 (Jaragua pupfish)
  Cyprinodon pachycephalus W. L. Minckley & C. O. Minckley, 1986 (Bighead pupfish)
  Cyprinodon pecosensis A. A. Echelle & A. F. Echelle, 1978 (Pecos pupfish)
  Cyprinodon pisteri R. R. Miller & W. L. Minckley, 2002 (Palomas pupfish)
  Cyprinodon radiosus R. R. Miller, 1948 (Owens pupfish)
  Cyprinodon riverendi (Poey, 1860) (synonym: Cyprinodon jamaicensis, Fowler, 1939)
  Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis Fowler, 1916 (Red River pupfish)
  Cyprinodon salinus R. R. Miller, 1943
  Cyprinodon salinus milleri LaBounty & Deacon, 1972 (Cottonball marsh pupfish)
  Cyprinodon salinus salinus R. R. Miller, 1943 (Death Valley pupfish, Salt Creek pupfish)
  Cyprinodon salvadori Lozano-Vilano, 2002 (Bocochi pupfish)
  Cyprinodon simus Humphries & R. R. Miller, 1981 (Boxer pupfish)
  Cyprinodon suavium Strecker, 2005
  Cyprinodon tularosa R. R. Miller & A. A. Echelle, 1975 (White Sands pupfish)
  Cyprinodon variegatus (Lacépède, 1803)
  Cyprinodon variegatus baconi Breder, 1932
  Cyprinodon variegatus ovinus (Mitchill, 1815)
  Cyprinodon variegatus variegatus (Lacépède, 1803) (Sheepshead minnow)
  Cyprinodon verecundus Humphries, 1984 (Largefin pupfish)
  Cyprinodon veronicae Lozano-Vilano & Contreras-Balderas, 1993 (Charco Palma pupfish)
caption: Cyprinodon eremus in shallow water, which is preferred by most species in this genus
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