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Notropis simus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII CYPRINIFORMES CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name: Notropis simus
Species Authority: (Cope, 1875)
Common Name/s:
English – Bluntnose Shiner
Synonym/s:
Alburnellus simus Cope, 1875

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Endangered A1c ver 2.3
Year Published: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Gimenez Dixon, M.
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History:
1994 – Endangered (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986 – Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Formerly found in the upper Rio Grande, Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico, and Pecos River, New Mexico. Subspecies simus of the Rio Grande was last collected in 1964 in New Mexico; and is now regarded as extinct. Subspecies pecosensis Gilbert & Chernoff, 1982: Pecos River drainage of eastern New Mexico, just south of Santa Rosa to Carlsbad (Chernoff et al. 1982); currently, Pecos River from Fort Sumner to Artesia (Hatch et al. 1985).
Countries:
Native:
United States (New Mexico, Texas - Regionally Extinct)
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater
Citation: Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Notropis simus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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