Example of an Extinction List Entry
Extinction Category A - Resolved Extinctions
Class ACTINOPTERYGII (RAY-FINNED FISH)
Order: CyprinodontiformesFamily: Cyprinodontidae
Species: Cyprinodon longidorsalis Lozano-Vilano and Contreras-Balderas, 1993
Synonyms: none
Misidentifications: none
Common name: Charco Palma pupfish
Taxonomic Status: Taxonomy Established
Hypodigm: >26
Effective extinction date: 1988 (Last Collected) - 1994 (Extinction Claim)
Habitat: clear water spring, with muddy bottom, predominant algae and aquatic plants
Range: endemic to the single spring of Charco La Palma, Aramberri, southern Nuevo León, Mexico
Surveying notes: spring of Charco La Palma and surrounding area around have been surveyed on several occasions over the last 10-15 years.
Documented Threats: Habitat Modification
Additional notes:
References: Lozano-Vilano and Contreras-Balderas (1993) and Contreras-Balderas and Lozana-Vilano (1996).
For information on shorthand codes that might be used to fill in some of the fields above, see the latest extinction criteria that we are proposing.