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Death Valley is home to several species of fish found nowhere else: the Death Valley pupfish. Researchers have placed the pupfish of Death Valley into several groups of species and subspecies, including the Salt Creek Pupfish (Cyprinodon salinus), the Amargosa Pupfish, (Cyprinodon nevadensis), and the Devil’s Hole Pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis). These tiny desert-dwellers, each no longer than your pinky finger, are specialists for this seemingly rough life, descendants of fish from a much more hospitable time.

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