Notropis photogenis

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Minnows or carps ; Inhabits rocky runs and riffles of small to large rivers .

Special Concern

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Alburnellus arge Cope • Notropis photogenis • Photogenis leucops Cope • Photogenis leucops engraulinus Cope • Squalius photogenis • Squalius photogenis Cope • Squalius photogenis Cope, 1865

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Year from Eschmeyer, pers. comm. Year from Eschmeyer (Ref. 12965).

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 17-May-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Notropis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 144 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

N. rubescens (Gulf of Mexico Fringed Sole) · N. aguirrepequenoi (Soto La Marina Shiner) · N. albeolus (White Shiner) · N. albizonatus (Palezone Shiner) · N. alborus (Whitemouth Shiner) · N. altipinnis (Highfin Shiner) · N. altipinnis altipinnis (Highfin Shiner) · N. amabilis (Texas Shiner) · N. amecae (Ameca Shiner) · N. ammophilus (Orangefin Shiner) · N. amnis (Pallid Shiner) · N. amoenus (Comely Shiner) · N. amplamala (Longjaw Minnow) · N. anogenus (Pugnose Shiner) · N. ardens (Rosefin Shiner) · N. ariommus (Popeye Shiner) · N. asperifrons (Burrhead Shiner?74 Names of Fishes) · N. atherinoides (Common Emerald Shiner) · N. atherinoides atherinoides (Common Emerald Shiner) · N. atherinoides dilectus (Common Emerald Shiner) · N. athernoides (Ricardo's Squeaker) · N. atrapiculus (Smalleye Shiner) · N. atrocaudalis (Blackspot Shiner) · N. aulidion (Durango Shiner) · N. baileyi (Rough Shiner) · N. bairdi (Red River Shiner) · N. bairdi buccula (Smalleye Shiner) · N. bifrenatus (Bridle Shiner) · N. blennius (River Shiner) · N. boops (Bigeye Shiner) · N. boucardi (Balsas Shiner) · N. braytoni (Tamaulipas Shiner) · N. buccatus (Silverjaw Minnow) · N. buccula (Smalleye Shiner) · N. buchanani (Ghost Shiner) · N. caeruleus (Blue Shiner) · N. cahabae (Cahaba Shiner) · N. calientis (Yellow Shiner) · N. callitaenia (Bluestripe Shiner) · N. candidus (Silverside Shiner) · N. cardinalis (Blackspot Shiner) · N. cayuga atrocaudalis (Blackspot Shiner) · N. chalybaeus (Ironcolor Shiner) · N. chihuahua (Chihuahua Shiner) · N. chiliticus (Redlip Rubberlip) · N. chlorocephalus (Greenhead Shiner) · N. chrosomus (Rainbow Shiner) · N. coccogenis (Warpaint Shiner) · N. cumingii (Atoyac Chub) · N. cummingsae (Dusky Shiner) · N. dorsalis (Bigmouth Shiner) · N. edwardraneyi (Fluvial Shiner) · N. euryzonus (Broadnose Worm Eel) · N. formosus (Beautiful Shiner) · N. fumeus (Ribbon Shiner) · N. galacturus (Whitetail Shiner) · N. gibbsi (Tallapoosa Shiner) · N. girardi (Arkansas River Shiner) · N. greenei (Wedgespot Shiner) · N. harperi (Redeye Shiner) · N. heterodon (Blackchin Guitarfish) · N. heterolepis (Blacknose Shiner) · N. heterolepsis (European Pike-Perch) · N. hubbsi (Bluehead Shiner) · N. hudsonius (Spot-Tail Minnow) · N. hudsonius amarus (Shiner) · N. hudsonius hudsonius (Spot-Tail Minnow) · N. hudsonius selene (Shiner) · N. hypselopterus (Sailfin Shiner) · N. hypsilepis (Highscale Shiner) · N. hypsinotus (Highback Chub) · N. imeldae (Sardinita De Rio Verde) · N. jemezanus (Rio Grande Minnow) · N. leedsi (Bannerfin Shiner) · N. leuciodus (Tennessee Shiner) · N. lineapunctatus (Lined Chub) · N. longirostris (Longnose Shiner) · N. ludibundus (Sand Shiner) · N. lutipinnis (Yellowfin Shiner) · N. lutrensis (Red Shiner) · N. lutrensis lutrensis (Red Shiner) · N. maculatus (Taillight Gulper) · N. mekistocholas (Cape Fear Shiner) · N. melanostomus (Blackmouth Shiner) · N. micropteryx (Highland Shiner) · N. moralesi (Sardinita De Tepelmene) · N. nazas (Nazas Shiner) · N. niveus (Whitefin Shiner) · N. nubilus (Roseate Shiner) · N. orca (Phantom Shiner) · N. ortenburgeri (Kiamichi Shiner) · N. oxyrhynchus (Sharpnose Shiner) · N. ozarcanus (Ozark Shiner) · N. percobromus (Carmine Shiner) · N. perpallidus (Colorless Shiner) · N. petersoni (Coastal Shiner) · N. photogenis (Silver Shiner) · N. pilsbryi (Duskystripe Shiner) · N. potteri (Chub Shiner) · N. procne (Swallowtail Shiner)

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Further Reading

• A catalogue of the fishes known to inhabit the waters of North America, north of the Tropic of Cancer, with notes on the species discovered in 1883 and 1884, by David Starr Jordan. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1885. url p. 27.
• A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Report presented at the eighty-ninth annual meeting, Clearwater, Fla., Sept. 16-18, 1959. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1960. url p. 16.
• A list of the fishes of Pennsylvania / by Henry W. Fowler. Washington, D.C.: Biological Society of Washington, 1919 url p. 61.
• A manual of land and fresh water vertebrate animals of the United States (exclusive of birds) by Henry Sherring Pratt. .. with 184 illustrations. Philadelphia, Blakiston's[c1923] url p. 76.
• A manual of the vertebrate animals of the northern United States, including the district north and east of the Ozark mountains, south of the Laurentian hills, north of the southern boundary of Virginia, and east of the Missouri river, inclusive of marine species, by Chicago, A.C. McClurg and company, 1899. url p. 61.
• Abstract of the proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New York. [New York]: The Society, [1889-1932]. url p. 26.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 296.
• Bulletin / Illinois Natural History Survey. Urbana, State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Natural History Survey Division, 1918-1985. url p. 482.
• Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1905-1950. url p. 315, p. 345.
• Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories / Department of the Interior. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1874- url p. 422.
• Contributions to North American ichthyology. Based primarily on the collections of the United States National Museum. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1877-78. url p. 65.
• Framework for evaluating response of aquatic toxicity and fish habitat to water quality control in the Don River: supporting document #2 - strategy for improvement of Don River water quality / report prepared by Beak Consultants Limited and Paul Theil Associates Ltd. [Toronto, Ont.]: Environment Ontario, 1991. url p. 3.
• Manual of the vertebrate animals of the northern U.S.. .. inclusive of the marine species. Chicago, McClurg, 1894, c1876-88. url .
• Manual of the vertebrates of the northern United States, including the district east of the Mississippi River, and north of North Carolina and Tennessee, exclusive of marine species. By David Starr Jordan. .. Chicago, Jansen, McClurg & company, 1880. url p. 297.
• Pamphlets on forestry. Fish and game. [1900?- url p. 295, p. 296.
• Phylogenetic studies of North American minnows: with emphasis on the genus Cyprinella (Teleostei, Cypriniformes) / by Richard L. Mayden. 1989 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1989. url fig. 10, page 16, p. 165, p. 42, figs. 38-39, page 44.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url , , p. 15, p. 291, p. 291, p. 544, p. 545.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 11, p. 11, p. 172, p. 315, p. 34, p. 35, p. 61.
• Report of the Commissioner for. .. / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington: G.P.O., 1874-1905. url p. 259, p. 259, p. 815.
• Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 123.
• Report. New York url p. 130.
• Science. New York, N.Y.: [s.n.]1880- url p. 345.
• Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 110, p. 180, p. 187, p. 241, p. 7.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url , , p. 116, p. 147, p. 148, p. 148, p. 149, p. 151, p. 152, p. 152, p. 156, p. 157, p. 167, p. 169, p. 2, p. 2, p. 218, p. 225, p. 250, p. 396, p. 405, p. 454, p. 455, p. 489, p. 537, p. 568, p. 69, p. 72, p. 776, p. 786, p. 791, p. 81, p. 91, p. 92, p. 93, p. 96, p. 97.
• The fishes of Pennsylvania: with descriptions of the species and notes on their common names, distribution, habits, reproduction, rate of growth and mode of capture / by Tarleton H. Bean. Harrisburg, Pa.: E.K. Meyers, 1893. url , p. 146, p. 43.
• Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 114, p. 12, p. 12, p. 125, p. 14, p. 155, p. 158, p. 168, p. 169, p. 191, p. 29, p. 38, p. 4, p. 4, p. 5, p. 6, p. 6, p. 63, p. 65, p. 65, p. 66, p. 69, p. 8, p. 82, p. 99.

Notes

Contributors

• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• FishBase
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
• Paxton, John (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Species At Risk Act Public Registry, Government of Canada

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Fish Collection
• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Fish specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 133375
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-24194
• Fishbase Species ID: 2886
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 163461
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCJB28740
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13285

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