Cyprinodon pupfish & green algae (Acetabularia and Batophora) (Moon Rock Pond, San Salvador Island, Bahamas) (16533951379)

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Cyprinodon pupfish & green algae (Acetabularia and Batophora) in Moon Rock Pond, northeastern San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas. Only six species of fish have been reported from inland lakes and ponds on San Salvador Island, including three species of pupfish - genus Cyprinodon (see Turner et al., 2008 and Martin & Wainwright, 2013). The fish shown above, including the iridescent blue-headed individual (= a mature male), are Cyprinodon - either C. brontotheroides or C. variegatus. At the bottom of the above photo, the pale green-colored cups supported by whitish stalks are Acetabularia crenulata (white mermaid's wine glass algae). The fuzzy, dark green-colored algae are Batophora oerstedi (fuzzy finger algae). Classification of pupfish: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Actinopterygii, Cyprinodontiformes, Cyprinodontidae Classification of wine glass algae: Plantae, Chlorophyta, Dasycladales, Polyphysaceae Classification of fuzzy finger algae: Plantae, Chlorophyta, Dasycladales, Dasycladaceae References cited (arranged chronologically): Turner, B.J., D.D. Duvernell, T.M. Bunt & M.G. Barton. 2008. Reproductive isolation among endemic pupfishes (Cyprinodon) on San Salvador Island, Bahamas: microsatellite evidence. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95: 566-582. Martin, C.H. & P.C. Wainwright. 2013. A remarkable species flock of Cyprinodon pupfishes endemic to San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54: 231-240.