Railroad Valley springfish
The Railroad Valley springfish (Crenichthys nevadae) is a fish that lives in North America. It lives in Nevada in the United States of America.[3][2]
| Railroad Valley springfish | |
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| Conservation status | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
| Genus: | Crenichthys |
| Species: | C. nevadae
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| Binomial name | |
| Crenichthys nevadae {Hubbs, 1932}[2]
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Size
This fish is 6 cm long.[2]
Home
People have seen the Railroad Valley springfish in six places where the water comes out of the ground hot. The fish came there as Railroad Lake dried up. Currently, they still live in Big, North, Hay Corral, and Reynolds Springs, but they have disappeared from the other places. People have also brought them to live in ponds in other places, for example Sadaville, Creek Canyon, and Chimney Spring.[4] Scientists have not checked if it has a bad effect on the places people brought it.[2]
Threats
It is endangered because people brought other fish to the places where it lives. It is also endangered because human beings take water out of their streams and ponds,[5] because human beings change the places where it lives, and because cows and other livestock step on the fish when they come to their ponds to drink water.[4]
References
- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Railroad Valley Springfish: Crenichthys nevadae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T5517A15361371. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T5517A15361371.en.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Chrenichthys nevadae". United States Geological Survey. May 16, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ↑ Environmental Conservation Online System. "Railroad Valley springfish (Crenichthys nevadae)". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Railroad Valley springfish (Crenichthys nevadae)". Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ↑ Nico, L.G.; Fuller, P.; Jacobs, G.; Cannister, M.; Larson, J.; Fusaro, A.; Makled, T.H.; Neilson, M.E. (January 25, 2016). "Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard, 1853): U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database". Gainesville, FL: United States Geological Survey. Retrieved June 28, 2020.