Phantom Lake Spring

Phantom Lake Spring is home to five endangered species: Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon elegans), Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis), Phantom tryonia (Tryonia cheatumi), Phantom springsnail (Pyrgulopsis texana), and diminutive amphipod (Gammarus hyalelloides), and is critical habitat to the three endangered invertebrates.
Photo By/Credit

Mike Montagne/USFWS TXFWCO

Date Shot/Created
10/26/2021
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Phantom Lake Spring is home to five endangered species: Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon elegans), Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis), Phantom tryonia (Tryonia cheatumi), Phantom springsnail (Pyrgulopsis texana), and diminutive amphipod (Gammarus hyalelloides), and is critical habitat to the three endangered invertebrates.
Facility
Texas Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office
Recreational Activity
Fish viewing
Species
Cyprinodon elegans
Gambusia nobilis
Tryonia cheatumi
Pyrgulopsis texana
Gammarus hyalelloides
Subject tags
Aquatic environment
Ecological restoration
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Fisheries
Freshwater fish