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Pimephales notatus

(Rafinesque, 1820)

Bluntnose Minnow

G5Secure Found in 7 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.103436
Element CodeAFCJB32010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderCypriniformes
FamilyLeuciscidae
GenusPimephales
Synonyms
Hyborhynchus notatus(Rafinesque, 1820)
Other Common Names
Ventre-pourri (FR)
Concept Reference
Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea, and W.B. Scott. 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 20. 183 pp.
Taxonomic Comments
Formerly included in the monotypic genus Hyborhynchus (Lee et al. 1980). NOR chromosomal data support monophyly of the four extant species of Pimephales and suggest that the genus Pimephales belongs in a monophyletic assemblage with, among others, the cyprinid genera Cyprinella and Opsopoeodus (Li and Gold 1991); Coburn and Cavender (1992) also indicated that these three genera are phylogenetically closely related.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2015-06-07
Change Date1996-09-17
Edition Date2002-02-21
Range Extent Comments
Mississippi River, Hudson Bay (Red River), and Great Lakes basins, from southern Quebec to southern Manitoba (Houston 2001) and south to Louisiana; Atlantic Slope from St. Lawrence River, Quebec, to Roanoke River, Virginia (absent from most of New England); Gulf Slope from Mobile Bay drainage, Alabama, to Mississippi River; abundant, probably the most common freshwater fish in eastern North America (Page and Burr 1991). Often transplanted as fish bait.
Occurrences Comments
This species is represented by a large number of subpopulations and locations.
Threat Impact Comments
Localized threats may exist, but on a range-wide scale no major threats are known.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Lakes, ponds, rivers, and creeks in a variety of habitats. Most common in clear rocky streams. Schools in midwater or near bottom. Spawns in nest made by male under object on bottom on sandy or gravelly shoals, eggs attached to underside of cover.

Reproduction

Spawns May-August in north, May-June in Illinois. Eggs of several females may be laid in single nest. Eggs guarded by male, hatch in 6-10 days. Females sexually mature at age I, males at age II.
Other Nations (2)
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
MichiganS5Yes
KentuckyS4Yes
IowaS5Yes
MissouriSNRYes
TennesseeS5Yes
MassachusettsSNANo
WisconsinS5Yes
LouisianaS3Yes
New JerseySUYes
District of ColumbiaS5Yes
MississippiS5Yes
MarylandS5Yes
IndianaS5Yes
IllinoisS5Yes
New YorkS5Yes
AlabamaS5Yes
NebraskaS3Yes
OhioS5Yes
VermontS4Yes
PennsylvaniaS5Yes
North DakotaSNRYes
South DakotaS5Yes
ArkansasS4Yes
KansasS5Yes
North CarolinaS3Yes
ConnecticutS1Yes
OklahomaSNRYes
VirginiaS5Yes
West VirginiaS5Yes
GeorgiaS3Yes
MinnesotaSNRYes
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
QuebecS4Yes
OntarioS5Yes
ManitobaS4Yes
Roadless Areas (7)
Arkansas (1)
AreaForestAcres
East ForkOzark-St. Francis National Forest13,037
Kentucky (1)
AreaForestAcres
WolfpenDaniel Boone National Forest2,835
Mississippi (1)
AreaForestAcres
Sandy Creek Rare Ii AreaHomochitto National Forest2,620
Virginia (3)
AreaForestAcres
Kelley MountainGeorge Washington National Forest7,590
New London Bridge BranchJefferson National Forest844
Northern MassanuttenGeorge Washington National Forest9,444
West Virginia (1)
AreaForestAcres
Little MountainMonongahela National Forest8,172
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