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Lythrurus umbratilis

(Girard, 1856)

Redfin Shiner

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G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.104422
Element CodeAFCJB52080
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderCypriniformes
FamilyLeuciscidae
GenusLythrurus
Synonyms
Notropis umbratilis
Other Common Names
Méné pâle (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
Removed from genus Notropis and placed in genus (formerly subgenus) Lythrurus by Mayden (1989) and Coburn and Cavender (1992); this change was adopted in the 1991 AFS checklist (Robins et al. 1991).
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-02-09
Change Date1996-09-18
Range Extent Comments
Widespread in Mississippi and Ohio valleys and in southern Great Lakes tributaries, north to southeastern Minnesota, southern Ontario, and western New York, south to Mississippi, Louisiana, and eastern Texas; Gulf drainages west of the Mississippi River to San Jacinto River, Texas; common, locally abundant (Page and Burr 1991). Subspecies umbratilis: Missouri, Arkansas, and upper Salt river drainages, Missouri, eastern Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, and northwestern Arkansas. Subspecies cyanocephalus: remainder of range, with intergradation in the lower Salt River, Missouri, and Arkansas River tributaries, western Arkansas (Page and Burr 1991, Lee et al. 1980).
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

Headwaters, creeks, and small to medium rivers in varied ecological settings, from slow-flowing bayous to high-gradient upland streams. Basically a pool-dwelling species, often in turbid water. Spawns usually over centrarchid nests.

Reproduction

Spawns in spring and summer (late April or early May to late August in Mississippi). Sexually mature usually in 2nd or 3rd summer in Wisconsin, in 1 year in Mississippi. Life-span seldom exceeds 3 summers in Wisconsin, 1.5 years in Mississippi (Becker 1983, Matthews and Heins 1984).
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN4
ProvinceRankNative
OntarioS4Yes
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
PennsylvaniaS2Yes
MissouriSNRYes
LouisianaS5Yes
TennesseeS5Yes
MinnesotaS3Yes
New YorkS1Yes
TexasS2Yes
OklahomaSNRYes
OhioS4Yes
WisconsinS2Yes
MichiganS4Yes
IllinoisS5Yes
MississippiS5Yes
West VirginiaS3Yes
KansasS5Yes
ArkansasS4Yes
KentuckyS4Yes
IndianaS5Yes
IowaS4Yes
Roadless Areas (1)
Arkansas (1)
AreaForestAcres
East ForkOzark-St. Francis National Forest13,037
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