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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology: Pteronotropis: Greek, pteron, = fin + A misnomer given by Rafinesque to shriveled specimens, with the meaning of "back keel"; from Greek, noton = back (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Evermann & Kendall.

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Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.5 - ? ; dH range: ? - 10. Subtropical; 6°C - 20°C (Ref. 12468); 34°N - 28°N

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North America: Middle St. Johns River drainage in Florida; Gulf drainages (mostly below Fall Line) from Apalachicola River in Georgia and Florida to Pearl River in Mississippi and Louisiana, USA.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86798)

Inhabits backwaters and quiet vegetated pools of creeks and small to medium rivers, over mud and sand. Forms schools in fairly deep water (1-2 m) (Ref. 86798).

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Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 663p. (Ref. 86798)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Vulnerable (VU) (B2ab(ii,iii,iv,v)); Date assessed: 04 August 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Pteronotropis welaka (Evermann & Kendall, 1898)