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Hybognathus amarus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII CYPRINIFORMES CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name: Hybognathus amarus
Species Authority: (Girard, 1856)
Common Name/s:
English – Rio Grande Minnow, Rio Grande Silvery Minnow
Synonym/s:
Algoma amara Girard, 1856

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Endangered B1+2acd ver 2.3
Year Published: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Gimenez Dixon, M.
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Contributor/s:
History:
1994 – Rare (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Rare (IUCN 1990)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Historically occurred in the Rio Grande and Pecos River systems, Texas, New Mexico (US) and Mexico; range now drastically reduced, occurs only in perennial sections of the Rio Grande in New Mexico.
Countries:
Native:
United States (New Mexico, Texas - Regionally Extinct)
Regionally extinct:
Mexico
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater
Citation: Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Hybognathus amarus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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