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<br /> <br /> <br />Figure 52 Male (Iett) and female (right) whltefin PUpflShl cachomto a/eta blanco, 47 <br />and 39 mm in lotal lenglh, respectl.....ely, lrom 010 de Galeana (0)0 de Arrey), <br />Chihuahua Pupfish of this general morphology are also widely diSlrlbuted In the <br />upper RIo Yaqui basm, Ihe form was not considered by lhe American Fisheries <br />Society. <br /> <br />Figure 53_ Female (Jell) and male (right) of the endangered Gila topmmnow/charalito. <br />45 and 30 mm In total length, respectl....ely. from Monkey Spring, Arizona <br /> <br /> <br />depicted In FIFure 52 IS widespread In ~treAms, <br />spfln~s. ;Ind m.Jty,he~ locHed In guss JnJ wO\ldlanJs <br />of the nonhern :\h'xIl"An PLneau t'ast III the SJerr.1 <br />~L\dre Occidental. All knuwn UCl"utrr-nct~ f\H the <br />sreCles are at e1evat1<lns higher th.1n abuu[ l-HW m <br />Tormmnows In both thr- Colorado ;Ind Yaqui <br />!->aslns are ((lund Ir(lrn neJr 150() m w see} level. <br />.ilthough hlt:h.;l!tHIlJt. (IC(-Urrt"r1(e~ Me most <br />commonly ;Jss\)C1.lted with llUttlU\\-S of sprlnt:~ In the <br />Coluudo basin. the Gila wrnllnnl)\\:.-I'.J"-;IIJ(u l FIg <br />551 formerly occurrl:d (h)m Frhcn Hut ;-;.prmg. :"\t.w <br />:\h'xlco. w near the mouth uf the GiLl RIver: it \....IS <br />perhaps most wIJesrre:,IJ In sprln~-teJ (rr-t.ks .loJ <br />mushes of southern Anzona bt.tv..een 900 and l5uo <br />m aboY(' me.1n se.l leveL In [ht" Rio YJqul bJ.sln, the <br />Yaqui wpmlOnowd.Julu', simd.uly Ij\-es In upper <br /> <br />", <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />P,lrts of the sptem. to be replaced hy tWO llther <br />)pt'CICS neM tht. flH'r's mouth <br />:h ml~ht bt' aml\:lr'-lted (mOl the (l)m01on name. <br />wp01mnows 1I\,t near the SUrl;llt" m shallow watn. <br />J.nd are of [en ,Issouated with aquatJl.- \e~t't,ItHln ur <br />mher C(1Hr They ked on small In'l"errt:brJtes such H <br />mll'>qulw lan'J(', mlcroscLlri.: plants. J.nJ S\lmetlmes <br />detfltal mateflals <br />BMh j'urfish and tl)rmtnnow~ repruduce yeH <br />.JrI)UnJ In the ':on~tJm tt'mretatures of spfln,L:~. but <br />ha\.e Sttiln~ ~ptlnF'~ummer rerroJU([J'I"r- cycles In <br />h.!bl[Jb with se,ISUn.1l1y '-Hlabk tempt-tJ.tures. <br />Puptlsh arc hJ.chl~. t(.rrHotlJl, with males Jcfendln,a.: <br />~mall. cIrcular r,ltcht"s of substrate ,1t:aJnSt J.II uth~.r <br />m.llt"s. J.nd J,a.:.IIOSt llthtr srt-(ICS J.S well. Females <br />rt-mJln .d(l!)f !rLlm malt-s. lInn...: a.nJ fcedm.c In <br /> <br />26 <br />