Species: Cyprinodon variegatus

Sheepshead Minnow
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Actinopterygii

    Order

    Cyprinodontiformes

    Family

    Cyprinodontidae

    Genus

    Cyprinodon

    Classification
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Fishes - Bony Fishes - Other Bony Fishes
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Actinopterygii - Cyprinodontiformes - Cyprinodontidae - Cyprinodon - Sheepshead minnows in headwater lakes of the Oklawaha River in central Florida have been recognized taxonomically as the Lake Eustis minnow (C. HUBBSI or C. VARIEGATUS HUBBSI), but the characteristics used to separate this form seem likely to be only developmental responses to the lake habitat (Page and Burr 1991). CYPRINODON VARIEGATUS Hybridizes with C. PECOSENSIS in Texas/New Mexico (see GSTATCOM). Allozyme data are consistent with the hypothesis that C. VARIEGATUS was ancestral to four recognized species (C. BOVINUS, C. PECOSENSIS, C. RUBROFLUVIATILIS, and C. TULAROSA) from inland drainages associated with the western Gulf of Mexico (Echelle and Echelle 1992).
    Habitat Type Description
    Freshwater
    Migration
    false - false - false
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    false
    Food Comments
    Mainly a vegetarian (Thomson et al. 1978).
    Reproduction Comments
    Spawns in spring and summer. Female may spawn at intervals several times during season. Eggs hatch in 5-6 days (Thomson et al. 1978).
    Length
    5
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1996-09-20
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-09-20
    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Range includes coastal North America from Massachusetts to Yucatan Peninsula; also the West Indies (e.g., Bahamas, Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica) (Burgess and Franz 1989). The species is introduced and established in the Pecos River in western Texas.
    Global Range Code
    H
    Global Range Description
    >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
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