Cyprinodontidae

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fish family ray-finned fish family taxon

Cyprinodontidae is a family of small, often brightly colored ray-finned fishes commonly known as pupfishes, many of which inhabit extreme or isolated freshwater and brackish environments.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cyprinodontidae canonical	5
Aplocheilidae	1

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fish family ⓘ ray-finned fish family ⓘ taxon ⓘ
class	Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName	pupfishes ⓘ
diet	insectivorous ⓘ omnivorous ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Africa ⓘ Central America ⓘ Mediterranean Basin ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean region Middle East ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	often brightly colored ⓘ ray-finned ⓘ sexual dimorphism in many species ⓘ short-lived in many species ⓘ small body size ⓘ
hasMember	Adinia ⓘ Allodontichthys ⓘ Alloophorus ⓘ Ameca ⓘ Aphanius ⓘ Aphanius ⓘ surface form: Aphanius fasciatus Aphanius ⓘ surface form: Aphanius mento Ataeniobius ⓘ Chapalichthys ⓘ Chapalichthys pardalis ⓘ Characodon ⓘ Crenichthys ⓘ Cualac ⓘ Cyprinodon ⓘ Cyprinodon ⓘ surface form: Cyprinodon diabolis Cyprinodon ⓘ surface form: Cyprinodon variegatus Empetrichthys ⓘ Floridichthys ⓘ Fundulus ⓘ Garmanella ⓘ Girardinichthys ⓘ Goodea ⓘ Hubbsina ⓘ Ilyodon ⓘ Jordanella ⓘ Kosswigichthys ⓘ Lacustricola ⓘ Leptolucania ⓘ Lucania ⓘ Megupsilon ⓘ Micropanchax ⓘ Nothobranchius ⓘ Orestias ⓘ Oxyzygonectes ⓘ Pantanodon ⓘ Skiffia ⓘ Strongylura ⓘ Tlaloc ⓘ Valencia ⓘ Xenotoca ⓘ Yssolebias ⓘ Zoogoneticus ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
notableFor	adaptation to extreme environments ⓘ high endemism ⓘ many threatened and endangered species ⓘ
order	Cyprinodontiformes ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
reproduction	egg-laying ⓘ
scientificNameAuthorship	Theodore Gill ⓘ
taxonRank	family ⓘ
typicalHabitat	brackish water ⓘ coastal lagoons ⓘ desert springs ⓘ freshwater ⓘ saline lakes ⓘ
usedIn	ecotoxicology research ⓘ evolutionary biology research ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cyprinodontiformes → hasMember → Cyprinodontidae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aplocheilidae

Cyprinodontiformes → notableFamily → Cyprinodontidae ⓘ

Rivulidae → relatedTo → Cyprinodontidae ⓘ

Cyprinodon → parentTaxon → Cyprinodontidae ⓘ

Cyprinodon → family → Cyprinodontidae ⓘ