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Notropis rubellus

(Agassiz, 1850)

Rosyface Shiner

G5Secure Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Least concernIUCN

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.738886

Element CodeAFCJB28810

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVertebrate Animal

IUCNLeast concern

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumCraniata

ClassActinopterygii

OrderCypriniformes

FamilyLeuciscidae

GenusNotropis

Other Common Names

Tête rose (FR)

Concept Reference

Wood, R. M., R. L. Mayden, R. H. Matson, B. R. Kuhajda, and S. R. Layman. 2002. Systematics and biogeography of the Notropis rubellus species group (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 22:37-80.

Taxonomic Comments

See Dowling and Brown (1989) for information on phylogenetic relationships based on allozymes and mtDNA (yielded different degrees of taxonomic resolution).

Conservation Status

Review Date2004-08-27

Change Date1996-09-17

Edition Date2004-08-27

Range Extent Comments

Drainages of the Great Lakes, waterways of the upper Ohio River (above the mouth of the Green River, exclusive of the New River above Kanawha Falls), northern Atlantic slope, and Cumberland River above the Cumberland Falls (Wood et al. 2002); southern Quebec and southern Ontario to Kentucky and Virginia.

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

Typically in clear, swift, large creeks and small rivers with bottoms of clean gravel or rubble; usually in or around riffles (Lee et al. 1980), in rocky runs and flowing pools. May move into deeper pools and eddies in winter (Becker 1983). Sometimes in lakes near streams. Spawns in aggregations in clear clean-bottomed pools, often in upper parts of riffles, upstream from or over nesting common shiners, hornyhead chubs, or sunfishes. Eggs sink and stick to objects.

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Quebec	S3	Yes
Ontario	S4	Yes

United StatesN5

Province	Rank	Native
Pennsylvania	S5	Yes
Delaware	SNR	Yes
Michigan	S5	Yes
Tennessee	S2	Yes
District of Columbia	S2	Yes
Maryland	S4	Yes
Indiana	S4	Yes
Kentucky	S4	Yes
New York	S4	Yes
Vermont	S3	Yes
Ohio	S5	Yes
West Virginia	S5	Yes
Wisconsin	S3	Yes
Virginia	S5	Yes

Roadless Areas (1)

Kentucky (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Wolfpen	Daniel Boone National Forest	2,835

References (28)

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Cox, Kenneth M. (District Fisheries Biologist, VT Department of Fish and Wildlife). 2000. Review and annotation of fish watershed distribution maps. Review requested by Anthony E. Zammit, ABI. March 2000.
Dowling, T. E., and W. M. Brown. 1989. Allozymes, mitochondrial DNA, and levels of phylogenetic resolution among four minnow species (Notropis: Cyprinidae). Systematic Zoology 38:126-143.
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