| Leon Springs pupfish | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
 Endangered (ESA) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
| Genus: | Cyprinodon |
| Species: | C. bovinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyprinodon bovinus S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853 | |
The Leon Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon bovinus) is a species of fish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It is endemic to Pecos County, Texas in the United States. It is a federally listed endangered species.
The Leon Springs pupfish is found at the shallow edges of spring-fed wetland pools, where it is most frequently observed in areas without vegetation.. Its diet consists of diatoms, amphipods, and ostracods.
This fish was first discovered in 1851 at Leon Springs, near Fort Stockton, Texas. Leon Springs was impounded, poisoned, stocked with game fish, and drained, and the fish was considered extinct by 1938. In the 1960s it was rediscovered at Diamond Y Spring a few miles away. It is also found in the Diamond Y Draw, a tributary of the Pecos River.
References
- NatureServe (2013). "Cyprinodon bovinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T6148A15364125. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T6148A15364125.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Leon Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon bovinus)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ 45 FR 54678
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cyprinodon bovinus". FishBase. August 2019 version.
- Kennedy, S. E. (1977). Life history of the Leon Springs Pupfish, Cyprinodon bovinus. Copeia 1977(1) 93.
- USFWS. Listing of Leon Springs Pupfish as endangered with critical habitat. Federal Register August 15, 1980.
- Garrett, G., et al. (2002). Threatened fishes of the world: Cyprinodon bovinus Baird & Girard, 1853 (Cyprinodontidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 64(4) 442.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Cyprinodon bovinus | |
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- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- ESA endangered species
- Cyprinodon
- Endemic fauna of Texas
- Fish of the Western United States
- Freshwater fish of the United States
- Pecos County, Texas
- Endangered fish
- Endangered fauna of the United States
- Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird
- Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard
- Fish described in 1853
- Cyprinodontiformes stubs