Skip to main content

Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Actinopterygii
      Order: Cyprinodontiformes
        Family: Cyprinodontidae
          Genus: Cyprinodon
            Species: tularosa

White Sands Pupfish - Cyprinodon tularosa

405721

Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

White Sands Pupfish (Cyprinodon tularosa) are small (5 cm) fish that only occur in a 15 x 60 km area in the Tularosa Basin in south-central New Mexico. They inhabit shallow, calm pools and runs and can tolerate a wide range of temperature and salinity. These pupfish feed primarily on mosquito larvae but also eat other invertebrates and algae and sometimes practice cannibalism.

Status

Global Rank: G1

State Rank: S1

State Status: T

Federal Status:

USFS Status:

BLM Status:

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 37

Number of Mapped Locations: 66

Number of Observations: 249

Observation date range: 07-17-1927 to 06-02-2019

External Links


Species Related Publications

Show