Cuatro Cienegas shiner [SEP] parent taxon
Cuatro Cienegas shiner
The Cuatro Cienegas shiner ("Cyprinella xanthicara") is a species of freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Distribution.
The small fish is endemic to the springs and marshes of the Cuatro Ciénegas and Cuatrociénegas Municipality area of Coahuila state in northeastern Mexico.
It is an Endangered species.
References.
- IUCN Red List: "Cyprinella xanthicara"; Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. 1996 . Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
. Among the many aquatic species in the Reserve are three endemic turtles (Coahuilan box turtle, Cuatro Ciénegas slider and Cuatro Cienegas softshell), eight endemic fish (Minckley's cichlid, Cuatro Cienegas shiner, Tufa darter, Bolson pupfish, Cuatro Cienegas pupfish, Cuatrociengas gambusia, Cuatrocienegas killifish and northern platyfish), and several endemic crustaceans and gastropods, especially hydrobiid freshwater snails.
Live stromatolites inhabit Cuatro Ciénegas' pools. These are colonies of certain types of cyanobacteria, extirpated in most of the world, linked to the origin