Cyprinodon nevadensis

Cyprinodon nevadensis
	California
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
	; Imperiled (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Cyprinodontidae
Genus:	Cyprinodon
Species:	C. nevadensis
Binomial name
	Cyprinodon nevadensis; (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889)
Subspecies
	C. n. nevadensis; C. n. amargosae; C. n. mionectes; C. n. pectoralis; C. n. shoshone; †C. n. calidae

Cyprinodon nevadensis is a species of pupfish in the genus Cyprinodon. The species is also known as the Amargosa pupfish, but that name may also refer to one subspecies, Cyprinodon nevadensis amargosae. All six subspecies are or were endemic to very isolated locations in the Mojave Desert of California and Nevada.

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