| Leon Springs pupfish | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
| Genus: | Cyprinodon |
| Species: | C. bovinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyprinodon bovinus Baird & Girard, 1853 |
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The Leon Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon bovinus) is a species of fish in the Cyprinodontidae family. It is endemic to Texas in the United States, where it is limited to Pecos County, Texas. It is a federally listed endangered species.
This fish was first discovered in 1851 at Leon Springs, near Fort Stockton, Texas. Leon Springs was impounded, poisoned, stocked with game fish,[1] and drained, and the fish was considered extinct by 1938. In the 1960s it was rediscovered at Diamond Y Spring a few miles away.[2] It is also found in the Diamond Y Draw, a tributary of the Pecos River.[3]