How to Use pupfish in a Sentence

pupfish

noun
  • But, in the long term, this type of reset is good for the pupfish.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 Dec. 2024
  • For one species of pupfish, farting is a matter of life or death.
    — Brian Resnick, Vox, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Hole pupfish has paddled back from the brink in a hellish desert domain.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022
  • There were likely pupfish eggs on the shelf that were destroyed.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The pupfish — silvery-blue and the size of a pet goldfish — were unharmed, the park service said.
    — Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Just imagining a bunch of pupfish not farting and popping back up to the surface and being easy prey.
    — Rachel Becker, The Verge, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Despite these efforts, not everyone loved the little pupfish.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The park is also home to several species of endangered pupfish that are endemic to its scant water sources.
    — Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Boxer pupfish are one of seven pupfish species native to that specific habitat.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
  • These small aquatic ‘islands,’ some not much larger than a bathtub, are populated by four species of a tiny fish, known as desert pupfish.
    — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Nonhikers browse the park visitor center and check out the desert pupfish in the pond at the Palm Canyon trailhead.
    — Christopher Reynoldsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Devils Hole pupfish also live in the smallest habitat of any vertebrate species on Earth.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The waves stirred the rocks and sediment on the shallow shelf and removed most of the algae growth, limiting the amount of food available to the pupfish in the short term.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The pupfish’s size belies its long and controversial history.
    — Jim Robbins, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2017
  • 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.
    — Christopher Flavelle, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
  • Some, like the Devil’s Hole pupfish, are found only in a single geothermal pool in a limestone cavern.
    — Natasha Daly, National Geographic, 30 July 2019
  • The pupfish swam into the news when shockwaves from the earthquake in eastern Russia reached Devils Hole.
    — Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The Tecopa pupfish is extinct because a local hot springs facility drained its habitat.
    — Jim Robbins, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2017
  • An annual count to tally the pupfish inside Devils Hole is set to take place this upcoming weekend, the park service said.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2022
  • This frees important space between the substrate particles where the Devils Hole pupfish larvae seek refuge.
    — Mika McKinnon, Smithsonian, 26 Jan. 2018
  • There are now thousands of pupfish in a network of artificial ponds, which are planted with three-square bulrush and give a convincingly timeless appearance.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2022
  • With no other natural habitat and a population in the low 200s, the disturbance to the pupfish could mean trouble.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Tucked at the base of a ridge of ragged, jagged bare rock and fringed by cattails, Ayer Lake is home for the endangered desert pupfish and the Gila topminnow.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Both the Desert Museum and the Phoenix Zoo have committed to taking in turtles, pupfish, and snails as needed.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
  • Berkeley fish lab recently sequenced the genome of Devils Hole pupfish and found some unique mutations, including one affecting the tail of the sperm.
    — Holly Secon, Discover Magazine, 11 May 2022
  • As soon as the earth starts to shake, the pupfish dive to the depths of Devils Hole, with each male chasing a female pupfish to procreate as soon as physically possible.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Tiny pupfish that live in the middle of the desert, the only wild camels left on Earth, and lobsters the size of terriers will, no doubt, instill an appreciation for the diversity of life.
    — Megan Gambino, Smithsonian, 7 Dec. 2019
  • Biologists will do the next official count of the Devils Hole pupfish population in the fall of 2025.
    — Kelli Bender, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The rare Sonoyta pupfish were introduced into a desert river habitat inside the huge Biosphere 2 structure near Tucson.
    — John Leos, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Adapted to live in extreme environments, the pupfish are capable of surviving drastic temperature changes, a range of pH levels and low-oxygen water.
    — John Leos, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025

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