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1 June 2013 Status of the Endangered Pecos Gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) and Comanche Springs Pupfish (Cyprinodon elegans) in Phantom Lake Spring, Texas
Richard H. Lewis, Nathan L. Allan, Stacy B. Stoops, Gary P. Garrett, Christopher W. Kroll, Janalyn West, Raelynn Deaton
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Abstract

The Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) and the Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon elegans) are federally listed as endangered, and they inhabit Phantom Lake Spring, the headwaters of the Balmorhea Springs Complex in western Texas. We censused both species to update their current status within Phantom Lake Spring, and we sought to determine whether the introduced largespring gambusia (G. geiseri) or any G. nobilis-G. geiseri hybrids were present in the spring.

La gambusia de Pecos (Gambusia nobilis) y el cachorrito del manantial Comanche (Cyprinodon elegans) son enlistados por el gobierno federal como en peligro de extinción. Estas especies habitan el manantial Phantom Lake, el cual es la cabecera del complejo de Balmorhea Springs en el oeste de Texas. Muestreamos ambas especies para actualizar su estado vigente en el manantial Phantom Lake y buscamos la presencia de la introducida G. geiseri) o cualquier G. nobilis-G. geiseri híbrido en el manantial.

Richard H. Lewis, Nathan L. Allan, Stacy B. Stoops, Gary P. Garrett, Christopher W. Kroll, Janalyn West, and Raelynn Deaton "Status of the Endangered Pecos Gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) and Comanche Springs Pupfish (Cyprinodon elegans) in Phantom Lake Spring, Texas," The Southwestern Naturalist 58(2), 234-238, (1 June 2013). https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-58.2.234
Received: 5 May 2011; Accepted: 1 December 2012; Published: 1 June 2013
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