Cyprinodontidae

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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

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

Cyprinodontiformes hasMember Cyprinodontidae
Cyprinodontiformes hasMember Cyprinodontidae
this entity surface form: Aplocheilidae
Cyprinodontiformes notableFamily Cyprinodontidae
Rivulidae relatedTo Cyprinodontidae
Cyprinodon parentTaxon Cyprinodontidae
Cyprinodon family Cyprinodontidae