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Notropis blennius (Girard, 1856)

River shiner
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Common names: Poor minnow, River shiner
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality: Arkansas River near Fort Smith, Arkansas (Ref. 79012). Common in central part of range, especially upper Mississippi and lower Ohio rivers (Ref. 5723). Also Ref. 10294.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology: Notropis: A misnomer given by Rafinesque to shriveled specimens, with the meaning of "back keel"; from Greek, noton = back (Ref. 45335);  blennius: blennius, meaning blenny-like (Ref. 10294).
  More on author: Girard.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce bentopelágico.   Temperate; 55°N - 30°N

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North America: Hudson Bay basin from Manitoba to Alberta, Canada (absent in eastern Kansas) and south through Red River in Minnesota and North Dakota, USA. Mississippi River basin from Wisconsin and Minnesota south to Gulf; occurs as far east as West Virginia and as far west as eastern Colorado, USA.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5723); common length : 7.6 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 12193); edad máxima reportada: 4 años (Ref. 12193)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits pools and main channels of medium to large rivers, usually over sand and gravel (Ref. 5723, 10294). Feeds on cladocerans and a variety of immature aquatic insects (Ref. 10294).

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Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 March 2012

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00501 (0.00232 - 0.01084), b=3.13 (2.94 - 3.32), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  2.7   ±0.31 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (tmax=4).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).