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Goodeidae
Pahrump poolfish
Empetrichthys latos
Goodeid Fish of Freshwater Basins
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Small
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallEmpetrichthys latos is a rare species of fish in the family Goodeidae, the splitfins. It is known by the common names Pahrump poolfish and Pahrump killifish, the former being more correct today. It is endemic to Nevada in the United States, where it was limited to the Pahrump Valley near the California border.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Goodeidae
- Genus
- Empetrichthys
- Maximum length
- 6 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: restricted to three springs in Pahrump Valley, Nye County in Nevada, USA where it was the only native fish. Now exists only outside Pahrump Valley, where it was transplanted to prevent its extinction. Three subspecies were recognized: Empetrichthys latos latos , the only surviving subspecies; Empetrichthys latos pahrump ; and Empetrichthys latos concavus .
- Conservation status
- CRCritically Endangered
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
