Male in the aquarium
A male of Megupsilon aporus courting in the aquarium of Paul V. Loiselle (United States). Photo by Paul V. Loiselle. determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Cyprinodontidae

Genus
Megupsilon


Last updated on:
27-Feb-2013

Megupsilon aporus Miller & Walters, 1972

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Original description as Megupsilon aporus:

  • Miller, Robert Rush & V. Walters. 1972. "A new genus of cyprinodontid fish from Nuevo Leon, Mexico". Contributions in Science (Los Angeles). (233):1-13 (ffm00211)

Conservation: Megupsilon aporus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (EW) extinct in the wild (1996). Reported extinct in 1994 by Burkhead (2012).