The Cuatro Cienegas shiner (''Cyprinella xanthicara'') is a species of
freshwater fish in the family
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest v ...
.
Distribution
The small fish is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to the springs and marshes of the
Cuatro Ciénegas
Cuatro Ciénegas () is a city in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. It stands at , at an average elevation of above sea level. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.
It is located in the s ...
and
Cuatrociénegas Municipality
Cuatrociénegas is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Cuatrociénegas de Carranza. The municipality covers an area of 7860.6 km².
As of 2005, the municipality had a total popula ...
area of
Coahuila
Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico.
Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...
state in northeastern Mexico.
It is an
Endangered species.
References
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*Jelks, H.L., S.J. Walsh, N.M. Burkhead, S. Contreras-Balderas, E. Díaz-Pardo, D.A. Hendrickson, J. Lyons, N.E. Mandrak, F. McCormick, J.S. Nelson, S.P. Platania, B.A. Porter, C.B. Renaud, J.J. Schmitter-Soto, E.B. Taylor and M.L. Warren Jr., 2008. Conservation status of imperiled North American freshwater and diadromous fishes. Fisheries 33(8):372-407.
Cyprinella
Shiner, Cuatro Cienegas
Shiner, Cuatro Cienegas
Cuatrociénegas Municipality
Natural history of Coahuila
Shiner, Cuatro Cienegas
Shiner, Cuatro Cienegas
Endangered fauna of North America
Taxa named by Wendell L. Minckley
Taxa named by Glady Lou Lytle
Fish described in 1969
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Mexican Plateau
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