Fish

Pupfish at Salt Creek are easily viewed during the springtime mating season.

 

• amargosa pupfish
  Cyprinodon nevadensis amargosa
  Found in the Amargosa River northwest of Saratoga Springs.
• saratoga pupfish
  Cyprinodon nevadensis nevadensis
  Found at Saratoga Springs at the south end of Death Valley.
• Devils Hole pupfish
  Cyprinodon diabolis
  (endangered species)
  Found in Devils Hole, 37 miles east of Furnace Creek, in western Nevada.
• Salt Creek pupfish
  Cyprinodon salinus salinus
  Found in Salt Creek in the central part of Death Valley.
• Cottonball Marsh pupfish
  Cyprinodon salinus milleri
  (threatened species)
  Found in Cottonball Marsh on the west side of central Death Valley.
• western mosquitofish
  Gambusia affinis
  (invasive species)
  Introduced into Furnace Creek irrigation ditches and ponds.