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Name

Scientific name

Cyprinodon julimes

Described by

Authority De la Maza-Benignos & Vela-Valladores, Year 2009

Family

Cyprinodontidae

Common names

Julimes Pupfish

Photograph credits

All 5 credited

Summary

The Julimes pupfish, Cyprinodon julimes, is known only from a geothermal spring in the middle Río Conchos basin, Chihuahua state, northern …

Size and aquarium

Maximum size

Not recorded

Aquarium size

Minimum length 60 cm, Minimum depth 30 cm

Water

Water conditions

Not recorded

Hardness

Not recorded

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Conductivity

Not recorded

Behaviour

Temperament

Not recorded

Social needs

A shoal or group

Community suitability

Not for a community

Where it lives

Countries, regions, rivers and lakes

Mexico, Bravo del Norte, Conchos

Writing

Etymology

Cyprinodon: from the Ancient Greek κυπρῖνος (kuprinos), meaning 'carp', and ὀδούς (odous), meaning 'tooth'. julimes: named for the municipality of Julimes in C…

Distribution

Known only from a geothermal spring known as 'El Pandeño de los Pando' in the middle Río Conchos Basin, Julimes municipality, Chihuahua state, northern Mexico.

Habitat

El Pandeño de los Pando has a surface area of around 287 m² with depth ranging from 40 – 80 cm but there is an abandoned artificial channel which has an area o…

Aquarium size

An aquarium with base dimensions of 60 ∗ 30 cm or equivalent is just about acceptable for a single pair but like most members of the family Cyprinodontidae thi…

Maintenance

Need not be too complicated so long as there are plenty of broken lines-of-sight. Provide plenty of cover in the form of aquatic plants, wool mops, etc., and i…

Water conditions

Not written yet

Diet

Wild specimens have been observed to feed on diatoms, cyanobacteria and small invertebrates.

Behaviour and compatibility

Not written yet

Sexual dimorphism

Not written yet

Reproduction

Not written yet

Notes

This species differs from its closest relatives C. eximius and C. pachycephalus in the following combination of characters, given as proportions of standard le…

References

References

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