Notropis simus pecosensis
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Cypriniformes (Carps and Minnows)
Cyprinidae (Carps and Minnows)
Notropis
Notropis simus pecosensis (Pecos Bluntnose Shiner)
Description
Type Locality
Pecos River about 7 km (4.34 mi) NE of Roswell, Chaves Co., New Mexico (Gilbert and Chernoff in: Chernoff et al. 1982).
Etymology
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Synonymy
Notropis simus pecosensis is likely a unique species (Hubbs et al. 2008). Notropis simus (Cope) Gilbert 1980:310. Notropis simus pecosensis Page and Burr 1991:138.
Characters
100 mm (3.93 in) TL (Notropis simus; Page and Burr 1991).
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Distribution
Pecos River in New Mexico and Texas (Chernoff et al. 1982; Hubbs et al. 2008).
Pecos River (Chernoff et al. 1982; Hubbs et al. 2008).
Abundance/Conservation Status
State Threatened (Texas); Hubbs et al. (2008) listed species as Extirpated in Texas. Listed as Endangered by the American Fisheries Society; categories of threats: present or threatened destruction, modification, or reduction of habitat or range; disease or parasitism; other natural or anthropogenic factors that affect the existence of this species, including impacts of nonidigenous organisms, hybridization, competition, and/or predation; and a narrowly restricted range (Jelks et al. 2008). Page and Burr (1991) noted N. simus pecosensis recognized as a threatened subspecies.
Habitat Associations
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Biology
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Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
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Host Records
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Commercial or Environmental Importance
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References
Chernoff, B. R.R. Miller, and C.R. Gilbert. 1982. Notropis orca and Notropis simus, cyprinid fishes from the American Southwest, with description of a new subspecies. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology 698:1-49.
Gilbert, C.R. 1980. Notropis simus (Cope), Bluntnose shiner. pp. 310 in D. S. Lee et al., Atlas of North American Freshwater Fishes. N. C. State Mus. Nat. Hist., Raleigh, i-r+854 pp.
Hubbs, C., R.J. Edwards, and G.P. Garrett. 2008. An annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Texas, with keys to identification of species. Texas Journal of Science, Supplement, 2nd edition 43(4):1-87.
Jelks, H.L., S.J. Walsh, N.M. Burkhead, S. Contreras-Balderas, E. Diaz-Pardo, D.A. Hendrickson, J. Lyons, N.E. Mandrak, F. McCormick, J.S. Nelson, S.P. Platania, B.A. Porter, C.B. Renaud, J.J. Schmitter-Soto, E.B. Taylor, and M.L. Warren, Jr. 2008. Conservation status of imperiled North American freshwater and diadromous fishes. Fisheries 33(8):372-407.
Page, L. M. & B. M. Burr. 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts. 432 pp.
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