Empetrichthys

Empetrichthys is a genus of splitfins endemic to the state of Nevada in the United States. In 1989 they only had an estimated population of 24800, while its two other subspecies had gone extinct. This species mating season typically falls in spring. These animals are in danger and facing threats because their water is drying out because of pumping of ground water for agricultural developments.

Empetrichthys Temporal range: Pliocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Pahrump poolfish (E. latos)
Ash Meadows poolfish (†E. merriami)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Goodeidae
Subfamily:	Empetrichthyinae
Genus:	Empetrichthys C. H. Gilbert, 1893
Type species
Empetrichthys merriami Gilbert, 1893[1]

Species

There are currently two recognized recent species in this genus of which only one is extant, in addition to one fossil species:^[2]

• Empetrichthys latos R. R. Miller, 1948
  • †Empetrichthys latos concavus R. R. Miller, 1948 (Raycraft Ranch poolfish)
  • Empetrichthys latos latos R. R. Miller, 1948 (Pahrump poolfish)
  • †Empetrichthys latos pahrump R. R. Miller, 1948 (Pahrump Ranch poolfish)
• †Empetrichthys merriami C. H. Gilbert, 1893 (Ash Meadows poolfish)
• †Empetrichthys erdisi (Jordan, 1924) (fossil, Miocene or Pliocene of California)^[3][4]