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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Cypriniformes
(Carps) >
Leuciscidae
(Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology:
Notropis:
A misnomer given by Rafinesque to shriveled specimens, with the meaning of "back keel"; from Greek, noton = back (Ref.
45335
)
;
rubricroceus:
From the words
ruber
, meaning red; and
croceus
, saffron color (Ref.
10294
)
.
More on author:
Cope
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
North America: mountainous area drained by upper Tennessee River drainage in Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, USA; headwaters of Santee and Savannah rivers in North Carolina.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
5723
); common length : 5.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
12193
); max. reported age: 5 years (Ref.
12193
)
Occurs in bedrock-bottomed and rubble-bottomed pools of clear, fast headwaters, creeks (Ref.
5723
) and streams (Ref.
10294
).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity
|
Reproduction
|
Spawning
|
Eggs
|
Fecundity
|
Larvae
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr
, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref.
5723
)
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00376 - 0.01926), b=3.06 (2.86 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 2.9 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179
): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=5).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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