Macrhybopsis boschungi
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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Cypriniformes (Carps and Minnows)
Cyprinidae (Carps and Minnows)
Macrhybopsis
Macrhybopsis boschungi
Description
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Characters
Body shape: elongated.
Distribution
North America: endemic to the lower Mobile basin of Alabama and northeastern Mississippi, USA.
Habitat Associations
Freshwater. benthopelagic. Found in: streams.
Biology
Occurs in larger, moderately clear to turbid rivers and the lowermost parts of their major tributaries below the Fall Line in the Mobile Bay basin. These areas have moderate to strong water current and bottom comprising of a combination of gravel, sand and silt. Inhabits sympatrically with Macrhybopsis etnieri (with no evidence of hybridization) over a 40-km section of middle Cahaba River in Fall Line area of Alabama (Ref. 116539).
Max length: 4.7 cm SL.
IUCN Red List Status: N.E. (N.E.). Resilience: High (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
References
Gilbert, C.R., R.L. Mayden and S.L. Powers (2017) Morphological and genetic evolution in eastern populations of the Macrhybopsis aestivalis complex (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), with the descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4247(5):501-555.
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