Bighead pupfish
Cyprinodon pachycephalus
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A pupfish endemic to the San Diego de Alcalá hot springs in Chihuahua, northern Mexico, where it lives in hot spring water and its outflows.
- Scientific name
- Cyprinodon pachycephalus
- Family
- Cyprinodontidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Cyprinodontidae
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
Origin
- Native region
- América do Norte
Water
- Temperature
- 24–28 °C
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 4.5 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 54 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 60 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Critically endangered (CR)
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