Notropis simus simus

Rio Grande bluntnose shiner

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Type Locality

Rio Grande, at san Ildefonso, Santa Fe County, New Mexico (Cope in: Cope and Yarrow 1875).

Etymology/Derivation of Scientific Name

Synonymy

Alburnellus simus Cope in: Cope and Yarrow 1875:649.

Cliola sima

Notropis simus (Cope) Gilbert 1980:310.

Hybopsis simus

Notropis simus simus Chernoff et al. 1982:10; Sublette et al. 1990:349; Page and Burr 1991:138; Hubbs et al. 1991:21; Hubbs et al. 2008:24.

Characters

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

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Distribution (Native and Introduced)

U.S. distribution: Rio Grande in New Mexico and Texas (Chernoff et al. 1982; Sublette et al. 1990; Hubbs et al. 2008).

Texas distribution: Inhabitant of the Rio Grande proper (Chernoff et al. 1982; Hubbs et al. 1991, 2008).

Abundance/Conservation status (Federal, State, NGO)

Species has not been collected since 1964 and now is considered extinct (Miller et al. 1989; Hubbs et al. 1991, 2008; Page and Burr 1991). Listed as Possibly Extinct by the American Fisheries Society; categories of threats: present or threatened destruction, modification, or reduction of habitat or range; and a narrowly restricted range (Jelks et al. 2008).

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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, University of Michigan 698:1-49.

Cope, E .D., and H.C. Yarrow. 1875. Report upon the collections of fishes made in portions of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, during the years 1871, 1872, 1873, and 1874. Rept. Geog. & Geol. Surv. W 100th Meridian (Wheeler Survey) 5:635-703.

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. 1991. An annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Texas, with keys to identification of species. Texas Journal of Science, Supplement 43(4):1-56.

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.

Sublette, J.E., M.D. Hatch, and M. Sublette. 1990. The Fishes of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. 393 pp.