Raycraft Ranch killifish
The Raycraft Ranch killifish or Raycraft poolfish (Empetrichthys latos concavus) is a subspecies of the killifish Empetrichthys latos,[2] was first described in 1948. This subspecies was restricteded to a single spring on the Raycraft Ranch in the Pahrump Valley of Nye County, Nevada it became extinct as a result of groundwater extraction and the filling in of the spring.[1]
| Empetrichthys latos concavus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Goodeidae |
| Genus: | Empetrichthys |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | E. l. concavus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Empetrichthys latos concavus R. R. Miller, 1948 | |
References
- "Empetrichthys latos concavus - Miller, 1948". Natureserve. 20 September 1996. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Empetrichthys latos" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- http://www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2004-04-02-04-7412
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Empetrichthys latos concavus" in FishBase. November 2006 version.
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