Ceylon killifish [SEP] parent taxon
Ceylon killifish
The Ceylon killifish ("Aplocheilus dayi") is a species of killifish endemic to Sri Lanka. This species grows to a length of . Males and females have a black dot at the rear end of the base of the dorsal fin. The females lay 50–150 eggs.
Tecopa pupfish
The Tecopa pupfish ("Cyprinodon nevadensis calidae") is an extinct subspecies of the Amargosa pupfish ("Cyprinodon nevadensis"). The small, heat-tolerant pupfish was endemic to the outflows of a pair of hot springs in the Mojave Desert of California. Habitat modifications and the introduction of non-native species led to its extinction in about 1970.
Taxonomy.
The Tecopa pupfish is member of the genus "Cyprinodon" of the pupfish family Cyprinodontidae, a taxon of killifish most diverse in North