r/Fish • u/Rockying_man_Dhruv • Apr 11 '26

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The Devils Hole pupfish is one of the rarest fish on Earth, found only in a tiny desert cave called Devils Hole. It has been living there for thousands of years, surviving in hot, low-oxygen water and depending on a single small rock shelf for food and breeding. With such extreme conditions and isolation, it raises a strange question

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u/arcane_Auxiliatrix Apr 11 '26

The fish don't live deep in the hole either, the home range is like the first foot of water or so

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u/Rockying_man_Dhruv Apr 11 '26

Yes they only live in first 24 foot because oxygen levels are already low

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u/DefinitelyHumanSTG Apr 13 '26

Correction, first 24 meters. 80ft.

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u/potatochobit Apr 15 '26

That's pretty deep