Iotichthys phlegethontis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Iotichthys phlegethontis

Species Authority:

(Cope, 1874)

Common Name/s:

English

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Least Chub

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable B1+2ac ver 2.3

Year Published:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Gimenez Dixon, M.

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1994	–	Endangered (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986	–	Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	I. phlegethontis is restricted to the Bonneville River basin, Utah.
Countries:	Native: United States (Utah)
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Freshwater

Systems:

Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species may be adversely affected by predation, competition , and hybridization with introduced fish species such as Speckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus.

Major Threat(s):

This species may be adversely affected by predation, competition , and hybridization with introduced fish species such as Speckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus.

Citation:	Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Iotichthys phlegethontis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 May 2013.
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