Cyprinodon desquamator (MARTIN & WAINWRIGHT, 2013) – Scale-eating pupfish
Etymology Cyprinodon is derived from the Ancient Greek words ‘kuprinos’, meaning ‘carp’, and ‘odous’, meaning ‘tooth’. Desquamator comes from the Latin term ‘squamare’, which means ‘to remove scales from fishes’, and refers to someone who performs this task. Classification The family Cyprinodontidae belongs to the order Cyprinodontiformes. Distribution This species is native to San Salvador […]