The bighead pupfish (''Cyprinodon pachycephalus''), known in
Spanish as ''cachorrito cabezon'', is a
critically endangered species of
pupfish in the family
Cyprinodontidae.
It is
endemic
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to an area covering less than at San Diego de Alcala in the
Conchos River basin,
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of Mexico. It lives in
hot spring
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s, their outflows and an impoundment pool in water that ranges at least from .
See also
* ''
Cyprinodon julimes'' – a related pupfish that also lives in hot springs in Mexico
References
Cyprinodon
Endemic fish of Mexico
Freshwater fish of Mexico
Critically endangered fish
Critically endangered biota of Mexico
Critically endangered fauna of North America
Taxa named by Wendell L. Minckley
Taxa named by Charles Olin Minckley
Fish described in 1986
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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