A member of the Cyprinidae family and the sole species in the genus Moapa, the Moapa dace lives only in the warm springs of the upper Muddy River and has a distinctive leathery appearance — hence the ...

LAS VEGAS— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Nevada state engineer today for allowing groundwater pumping that reduces spring flows and endangers the rare Moapa dace. The state recently ...

More explicit power The state engineer’s goal was to protect the habitat of the Moapa dace, an endangered fish the length of four quarters that’s only found in the headwaters of the Muddy River.

Then it becomes more real.” Biologist David Syzdek highlighted the water authority’s efforts to protect the endangered Moapa dace, a fish the length of four paper clips that’s only found in ...