VII. DESERT FISHES
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TABLE I (Continued)
Fishes
Cyprinodon variegatus
Cyprinodon
macularius
Cyprinodon nevadensis
nevadensis
C. n. amaragosae
C. n. calidae
C. n. mionectes
C. n. pectoralis
Cyprinodon radiosus
Cyprinodon diabolis
Cyprinodon atrorus
Lucania interioris
Poeciliidae
Gambusia affinis
Gambusia marshi
Gambusia
longispinis
Poeciliopsis o. occidentalis
Poecilia sphenops
Perciformes
Serranidae
Plectroplites ambiguus
Theraponidae
Bidyanus
bidyanus
Terapontodae
Hephaestus
fuliginosus
Cichlidae
Cichlasoma
cyanoguttatum
Cichlasoma spp. (3 undescribed from Cuatro
Ciénegas)
Minim u m 0 2
(mg/liter)
0.13
2.4
Temp.
max.
(°C)
43
4 4 . 6
44
31
40
34
33
20.8
38
47.2
4 1 . 5
d
37.3
44<*
4 0 . 3
34.8
35.6
37
38
39
37.7
C
Temp.
min.
(°C)
0
7
1.7
10
32.5
2
20
18.5
8
2
2
b
1.5
2
b
2
b
1.5
3
2
"cold"
14
9-ll<<
Reference
6
Fries, 1952;
Harrington and
Harrington, 1961
Barlow, 1958a,b,
1961a,b,c, Lowe
and Heath, 1969
Deacon, 1968a,b
Miller, 1948
Miller, 1948
Miller, 1948
Miller, 1948
Miller, 1948
James, 1968
Brett, 1956
Heath, 1962
Miller, 1946a,b
Lake, 1967
Lake, 1967
Whitley, 1959
Hubbs, 1951
α Many records result from field data, and special attention has been given to desert
species. Other fishes are included primarily for comparative purposes. Maximum
temperatures may result from either laboratory or field data and, therefore, may be
considerably modified by further careful analysis.
6 See also data in the text, some of which is not repeated here.
c W. L. Minckley, unpublished data.
d Present work, see text.