Sheepshead minnow

Sheepshead minnow
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Cyprinodontidae
Genus:	Cyprinodon
Species:	C. variegatus
Binomial name
	Cyprinodon variegatus; Lacépède, 1803
Subspecies
	Cyprinodon variegatus baconi Breder, 1932; Cyprinodon variegatus ovinus (Mitchill, 1815); Cyprinodon variegatus variegatus (Lacépède, 1803);
Synonyms
	Cyprinodon ellipsoidea (Lesueur, 1821); Cyprinodon gibbosus Baird & Girard, 1853; Cyprinodon rhomboidalis (Valenciennes, 1821); Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepède, 1803; Cyprinus variegatus Bosc, 1803; Lebia ellipsoidea Lesueur, 1821; Lebias rhomboidalis Valenciennes, 1821; Cyprinodon baconi Breder, 1932;

The sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus), also known as sheepshead pupfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinodontidae, the pupfishes. It is found in salt marsh and estuary environments and is native to the eastern coasts of North and Central America.

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