Notropis simus pecosensis

Pecos bluntnose shiner

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Type Locality

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

Etymology/Derivation of Scientific Name

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 TL (Notropis simus; Page and Burr 1991).

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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, NGO)

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.

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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.