Sheepshead minnow

Sheepshead minnow
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Cyprinodon
Species:
C. variegatus
Binomial name
Cyprinodon variegatus
Subspecies
  • Cyprinodon variegatus baconi Breder, 1932
  • Cyprinodon variegatus ovinus (Mitchill, 1815)
  • Cyprinodon variegatus variegatus (Lacépède, 1803)
Synonyms[3]
  • Cyprinodon ellipsoidea (Lesueur, 1821)
  • Cyprinodon gibbosus Baird & Girard, 1853
  • Cyprinodon rhomboidalis (Valenciennes, 1821)
  • Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepède, 1803
  • Cyprinus variegatus Bosc, 1803
  • Lebia ellipsoidea Lesueur, 1821
  • Lebias rhomboidalis Valenciennes, 1821
  • Cyprinodon baconi Breder, 1932

The sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus), also known as sheepshead pupfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinodontidae, the pupfishes. It is found in salt marsh and estuary environments and is native to the eastern coasts of North and Central America.

  1. ^ NatureServe (2019). "Cyprinodon variegatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T189823A46950647. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T189823A46950647.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Bailly, Nicholas (2014). "Cyprinodon variegatus variegatus Lacepède, 1803". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference FishBase was invoked but never defined (see the help page).