Notropis simus pecosensis

Pecos bluntnose shiner

Type Locality

Pecos River about 7 km (4.34 mi) NE of Roswell, Chaves Co., New Mexico (Gilbert and Chernoff in: Chernoff et al. 1982).

Etymology/Derivation of Scientific Name

No information at this time.

Synonymy

Notropis simus pecosensis is likely a unique species (Hubbs et al. 2008).

Notropis simus (Cope) Gilbert 1980:310.

Notropis simus pecosensis Page and Burr 1991:138.

Characters

Maximum size: 100 mm (3.93 in) TL (Notropis simus; Page and Burr 1991).

Coloration: No information at this time.

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External morphology: No information at this time.

Distribution (Native and Introduced)

U.S. distribution: Pecos River in New Mexico and Texas (Chernoff et al. 1982; Hubbs et al. 2008).

Texas distribution: Pecos River (Chernoff et al. 1982; Hubbs et al. 2008).

Abundance/Conservation status (Federal, State, Non-governmental organizations)

State Threatened (Texas); Hubbs et al. (2008) listed species as Extirpated in Texas. Listed as Endangered by the American Fisheries Society; categories of threats: present or threatened destruction, modification, or reduction of habitat or range; disease or parasitism; other natural or anthropogenic factors that affect the existence of this species, including impacts of nonidigenous organisms, hybridization, competition, and/or predation; and a narrowly restricted range (Jelks et al. 2008). Page and Burr (1991) noted N. simus pecosensis recognized as a threatened subspecies.

Habitat Associations

Macrohabitat: No information at this time.

Mesohabitat: No information at this time.

Biology

Spawning season: No information at this time.

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Spawning Behavior: No information at this time.

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Age at maturation:  No information at this time.

Migration: No information at this time.

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Longevity: No information at this time.

Food habits: No information at this time.

Phylogeny and morphologically similar fishes

No information at this time.

Host Records

 No information at this time.

Commercial or Environmental Importance

No information at this time.

References

Chernoff, B. R.R. Miller, and C.R. Gilbert. 1982. Notropis orca and Notropis simus, cyprinid fishes from the American Southwest, with description of a new subspecies. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology 698:1-49.

Gilbert, C.R. 1980. Notropis simus (Cope), Bluntnose shiner. pp. 310 in D. S. Lee et al., Atlas of North American Freshwater Fishes. N. C. State Mus. Nat. Hist., Raleigh, i-r+854 pp.

Hubbs, C., R.J. Edwards, and G.P. Garrett. 2008. An annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Texas, with keys to identification of species. Texas Journal of Science, Supplement, 2^nd edition 43(4):1-87.

Jelks, H.L., S.J. Walsh, N.M. Burkhead, S. Contreras-Balderas, E. Diaz-Pardo, D.A. Hendrickson, J. Lyons, N.E. Mandrak, F. McCormick, J.S. Nelson, S.P. Platania, B.A. Porter, C.B. Renaud, J.J. Schmitter-Soto, E.B. Taylor, and M.L. Warren, Jr. 2008. Conservation status of imperiled North American freshwater and diadromous fishes. Fisheries 33(8):372-407.

Page, L. M. & B. M. Burr.  1991.  A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico.  Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts. 432 pp.