Conservation: Beside the over extraction of water for agricultural purposes the main concern on this Protected area is the pressure to the natives due to the introduction of Hemichromis guttatus that seems to be impossible to control, on 2008 more than 60,000 individuals were removed using tramps but the population remains steady.
Cuatro Ciénegas: El Churince Spring
Poza del Churince in the Cuatro Ciénegas valley in Coahuila [México]. This pond is one of the many ponds found in this fantastic valley full of endemism. Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (26.840357°N, 102.134103°W). Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (04-Mar-2006).
Ecoregion
Cuatro Cienegas
Cuatro Cienegas
Country
Coahuila
Coahuila
The locality profile for Cuatro Ciénegas: El Churince Spring, within the Cuatro Cienegas ecoregion, introduces this freshwater setting through FFM’s curated geographic and natural-history context. It provides an accessible overview of the locality’s general description, its aquatic environment, its conservation context and the curator’s broader observations. The account emphasizes the locality as an aquatic environment and the broader themes that help explain its character, without reducing the profile to a species checklist or disclosing sensitive site details. By bringing the available sections together in one focused narrative, the profile offers a useful starting point for understanding the locality’s place in its drainage and wider landscape, while inviting readers to explore the complete account..
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