英:['pʌpfɪʃ]
美:['pʌpˌfɪʃ]
英:['pʌpfɪʃ]
美:['pʌpˌfɪʃ]
The first known use of pupfish was in 1949
1 If the pupfish census does not seem especially impressive, consider that there were only 35 pupfish left in Devils Hole in 2013, prompting worries about extinction.
2 There were 191 observable pupfish, the highest spring count recorded since March 1999.
3 Living in Santa Barbara without a car (by choice as well as necessity, though not the most practical decision in a part of the world where mass transit is as rare as the desert pupfish), Perlin would take the bus with his then five-year-old son to the UCSB campus for after-school activities.
4 The pupfish are known for their ability to live in extreme conditions, including a wide range of water temperatures and salinity levels.
5 The Devils Hole pupfish are the rarest fish in the world.
6 But those plans were put on hold after environmentalists raised concerns that dry irrigation drains could threaten desert pupfish, an endangered species that calls the region home.
7 How long have the pupfish in Devil's Hole been isolated?
8 Endangered mud turtles and pupfish drifted through a spring-fed pond; the branches of wolfberry shrubs sagged with orange-red fruit the size of jelly beans.