Sheepshead minnow

Sheepshead minnow
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Cyprinodon
Species:
C. variegatus
Binomial name
Cyprinodon variegatus
Subspecies
  • Cyprinodon variegatus baconi Breder, 1932
  • Cyprinodon variegatus ovinus (Mitchill, 1815)
  • Cyprinodon variegatus variegatus (Lacépède, 1803)
Synonyms
  • Cyprinodon ellipsoidea (Lesueur, 1821)
  • Cyprinodon gibbosus Baird & Girard, 1853
  • Cyprinodon rhomboidalis (Valenciennes, 1821)
  • Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepède, 1803
  • Cyprinus variegatus Bosc, 1803
  • Lebia ellipsoidea Lesueur, 1821
  • Lebias rhomboidalis Valenciennes, 1821
  • Cyprinodon baconi Breder, 1932

The sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus), also known as sheepshead pupfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinodontidae, the pupfishes. It is found in salt marsh and estuary environments and is native to the eastern coasts of North and Central America.

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