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Ptychocheilus umpquae

Snyder, 1908

Umpqua Pikeminnow

G4Apparently Secure Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Least concernIUCN

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.105188

Element CodeAFCJB35040

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVertebrate Animal

IUCNLeast concern

Endemicendemic to a single state or province

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumCraniata

ClassActinopterygii

OrderCypriniformes

FamilyLeuciscidae

GenusPtychocheilus

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

See Carney and Page (1990) for a diagnosis and information on meristic variation. See Mayden et al. (1991) for a morphometric phylogenetic analysis of the genera Mylophardon and Ptychocheilus; no taxonomic changes were proposed, but the population of P. umpquae in the Siuslaw drainage was easily separable from that in the Umpqua drainage and may warrant recognition as a separate taxon; further study is warranted. Differences in genome size also suggest that these two populations represent different species (Gold and Li 1994).

Conservation Status

Review Date1996-09-17

Change Date1996-09-17

Range Extent Comments

Siuslaw and Umpqua river drainages, and Siltcoos, Woahink, and Tahkenitch lakes, Oregon; recently introduced in Rogue River, Oregon (Carney and Page 1990).

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

Primarily found in slow to moderate current (pools, sluggish runs) of creeks and small rivers, also lakes (Page and Burr 1991); usually found in water less than 1 m deep (Lee et al. 1980).

Ecology

Little information available. Life history probably similar to that of P. OREGONENSIS (Lee et al. 1980).

Reproduction

Spawning occurs in late spring.

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN4

Province	Rank	Native
Oregon	S4	Yes

Roadless Areas (3)

Oregon (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
North Kalmiopsis	Siskiyou National Forests	91,560
Shasta Costa	Siskiyou National Forests	14,420
Woahink	Siuslaw National Forest	5,309

References (11)

Carney, D. A., and L. M. Page. 1990. Meristic characteristics and zoogeography of the genus Ptychocheilus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Copeia 1990:171-181.
Gold, J. R., and Y. Li. 1994. Chromosome NOR karyotypes and genome size variation among squawfishes of the genus Ptychocheilus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Copeia 1994:60-65.
Lee, D. S., C. R. Gilbert, C. H. Hocutt, R. E. Jenkins, D. E. McAllister, and J. R. Stauffer, Jr. 1980. Atlas of North American freshwater fishes. North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, North Carolina. i-x + 854 pp.
Master, L. L. 1996. Synoptic national assessment of comparative risks to biological diversity and landscape types: species distributions. Summary Progress Report submitted to Environmental Protection Agency. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia. 60 pp.
Mayden, R. L., W. J. Rainboth, and D. G. Buth. 1991. Phylogenetic systematics of the cyprinid genera Mylopharodon and Ptychocheilus: comparative morphometry. Copeia 1991:819-834.
Nelson, J. S., E. J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Perez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, and J. D. Williams. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland. 386 pp.
Page, L. M., and B. M. Burr. 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes: North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts. 432 pp.
Page, L. M., and B. M. Burr. 2011. Peterson field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Second edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston. xix + 663 pp.
Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, R. L. Mayden, and J. S. Nelson. 2013. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Seventh edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 34, Bethesda, Maryland.
Page, L. M., K. E. Bemis, T. E. Dowling, H.S. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, K. E. Hartel, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, M. A. Neigbors, J. J. Schmitter-Soto, and H. J. Walker, Jr. 2023. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Eighth edition. American Fisheries Society (AFS), Special Publication 37, Bethesda, Maryland, 439 pp.
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.