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The Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) is a critically endangered species of the family Cyprinodontidae (pupfishes) found only in Devils Hole, a water-filled cavern in the US state of Nevada. It was first described as a species in 1930 and is most closely related to C. nevadensis and the Death Valley pupfish ( C. salinus ).
Devils Hole is a geologic formation located in a detached unit of Death Valley National Park and surrounded by the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, in Nye County, Nevada, in the Southwestern United States. Devils Hole is habitat for the only naturally occurring population of the endangered Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis).
The Devils Hole pupfish reached a 25-year high spring count of 191 fish. For years, the fish’s population dwindled, hitting an “all-time low of 35 in 2013,” the National Park Service said in ...
The Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) is a specific species native to Nevada. There are fewer than 200 individuals since 2005. Their population size usually fluctuates between 37 and 400 fish. They are considered one of the world's rarest fish. These fish live in 94 °F (34.4 °C) waters. [12]
Michael Schwimm, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service senior fish biologist, climbs down into Devils Hole on April 29 in Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada.
English: Two male specimen of the Devils Hole Pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) photographed in the Devil's Hole, Nevada Deutsch: Teufelskärpfling ( Cyprinodon diabolis ), männlicher Spezimen Svenska: Två hannar av Cyprinodon diabolis , en utrotningshotad art av äggläggande tandkarp som förekommer i Nevada
In May 2006, two adult male Devils Hole pupfish were moved to Shark Reef from Devils Hole, while two adult females were relocated from a refuge at Hoover Dam, in hopes of augmenting the population. [26] As of July 2020, these fish can be found in a small exhibit in the first section of the aquarium.
Aug. 11—DEVILS LAKE — They'd heard the stories — of rising water, flooded roads and farmland and yes, great walleye fishing — but they'd never wet a line in Devils Lake.