Death Valley pupfish
| Death Valley pupfish | |
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| Male (right) and female (left) | |
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
| Genus: | Cyprinodon |
| Species: | C. salinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyprinodon salinus R. R. Miller, 1943
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| Subspecies | |
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| IUCN range map for Cyprinodon salinus, Version 2022-2 | |
The Death Valley pupfish (Cyprinodon salinus), also known as Salt Creek pupfish, is a small species of fish in the family Cyprinodontidae found only in Death Valley National Park, California, United States. There are two recognized subspecies: C. s. salinus and C. s. milleri. The Death Valley pupfish is endemic to two small, isolated locations and currently classified as endangered.