Rhinichthys atratulus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Family : Minnows or carps ; Inhabits rocky runs and pools of headwaters , creeks and small rivers .

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Inhabits rocky runs and pools of headwaters , creeks , and small rivers .

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,134 meters (0 to 16,844 feet).[1]

Biology

Diet

Dace feed on small aquatic insects, crustaceans, worms, and algae.

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Cyprinus atratulus • Cyprinus atratulus Hermann • Cyprinus atratulus Hermann, 1804 • Cyprinus atronasus Mitchill • Rhinichthys atratulus • Rhinichthys atratulus atratulus (Hermann

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Hermann Observ. Zool.1: 278-283, 1804.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 13-May-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Rhinichthys

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 25 species and subspecies in this genus:

R. atratulus (Blacknose Butterflyfish) · R. atratulus atratulus (Eastern Blacknose Dace) · R. atratulus obtusus (Blacknose Dace) · R. bowersi (Mongrel Dace) · R. cataractae (Great Lakes Longnose Dace) · R. cataractae cataractae (Great Lakes Longnose Dace) · R. chrysogaster (Longfin Dace) · R. cobitis (White-Spotted Guitarfish) · R. deaconi (Las Vegas Dace) · R. evermanni (Umpqua Chub) · R. falcatus (Silvery Grey Minnow) · R. obtusus (Naseux Noir De L'ouest) · R. osculus (Speckled Dace) · R. osculus carringtonii (Pacific Speckled Dace) · R. osculus lariversi (Spotted Dace) · R. osculus lethoporus (Independence Valley Speckled Dace) · R. osculus moapae (Moapa Speckled Dace) · R. osculus nevadensis (Ash Meadows Speckled Dace) · R. osculus oligoporus (Clover Valley Speckled Dace) · R. osculus osculus (Speckled Dace) · R. osculus reliquus (Grass Valley Speckled Dace) · R. osculus thermalis (Kendall Warm Springs Dace) · R. osculus velifer (Pahranagat Speckled Dace) · R. osculus yarrowi (Speckled Dace) · R. umatilla (Umatilla Dace)

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Further Reading

• A checklist of the vertebrate animals of Kansas / George D. Potts, Joseph T. Collins. [Lawrence, Kan.]: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1991. url p. 27.
• A distributional atlas of Upper Mississippi River fishes / [by] Philip W. Smith, Alvin C. Lopinot [and] William L. Pflieger. Urbana: [s. n.]; 1971. url p. 10.
• 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.
• Adult and juvenile fish populations near the D.C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant Southeastern Lake Michigan, during preoperational (1973-74) and operational (1975-79) years / Ann Arbor, Mich.: Great Lakes Research Division, the University of Michigan, 1985. url p. 327.
• An ecological characterization of Coastal Maine (north and east of Cape Elizabeth) / Stewart I. Fefer and Patricia S. Schettig: principal investigators. Newton Corner, Mass.: Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northeast Region, 1980. url .
• Animal Ecology. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, 1961. url p. 453.
• Annual program report. [Toronto]: Ministry of the Environment, A.P.I.O.S. Coordination Office. url p. 28.
• California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 174.
• Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 139.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 121, p. 122, p. 15, p. 196, p. 369, p. 446, p. 454, p. 477, p. 523, p. 549, p. 556, p. 566, p. 569, p. 581, p. 621, p. 634, p. 684.
• Energy and environmental stress in aquatic systems: selected papers from a symposium held at Augusta, Georgia, November 2-4, 1977 / sponsored by Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Assistant Secretary for Environment, U.S. Department of Energy, Savannah River National Environmental Resea [Washington]: Technical Information Center, U.S. Dept. of Energy; 1978. url p. 827, p. 836.
• Fish and Wildlife Habitat Changes Resulting from Construction of a Nine-Foot Channel on Pools 24, 25, and 26 of the Mississippi River and the Lower Illinois River, Ft. BelvoirDefense Technical Information CenterAPR 1979. url p. 241.
• Fishery bulletin. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, The Service, U.S. Govt Print. Off. url p. 613.
• Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url p. 123.
• Fishes in Kansas / Frank B. Cross, Joseph T. Collins; foreword by John E. Hayes, Jr. Lawrence, Kan.: University of Kansas Natural History Museum: c1995. url p. 111, p. 15, figs. 15-16, page 260, p. 311, p. 313, p. xv.
• Illinois River Bluffs area assessment / Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Scientific Research and Analysis, [and the] State Geological Survey Division. Springfield, Ill.: Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources, 1998- url p. 115, p. 117.
• Name that animal; a guide to the identification of the common land and fresh-water animals of the United States, with special reference to the area east of the Rockies. With drawings by Olive Driver. Northampton? Mass., 1950 url p. 280.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. 1985 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1971-1994. url fig. 15, page 42.
• Pesticides monitoring journal. [Washington, D.C.: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1967-1981. url p. 196.
• 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 p. 9.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 306, p. 310, p. 316, p. 318, p. 34, p. 35.
• Proposed estuarine sanctuary grant award to the state of New York for a Hudson River estuarine sanctuary. Albany, N.Y.: New York, Dept. of Environmental Conservation, [1982] url p. 115.
• Rock River area assessment / Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Scientific Research and Analysis, Natural History Survey Division, in conjunction with State Geological Survey Division. Springfield, IL: Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources, 1996- url p. 101, p. 137.
• Some considerations on the distribution of fishes in Ontario. [Toronto]: Printed by the University of Toronto Press, 1944. url p. 115, p. 6, p. 73.
• Special scientific report. Seattle, National Marine Fisheries Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949-1971. url , p. 1, p. 2, p. 27.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url , , p. 157, p. 204, p. 272, p. 282, p. 284, p. 428, p. 512, p. 518, p. 521, p. 536, p. 536, p. 537, p. 538, p. 539, p. 647, p. 692, p. 701, p. 705, p. 758.
• The freshwater fishes of New Brunswick: a checklist with distributional notes / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1959. url p. 20.
• Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 1, p. 108, p. 114, p. 115, p. 12, p. 122, p. 124, p. 143, p. 144, p. 150, p. 155, p. 160, p. 169, p. 169, p. 170, p. 176, p. 192, p. 20, p. 201, p. 23, p. 3, p. 33, p. 5, p. 50, p. 53, p. 58, p. 6, p. 66, p. 76, p. 78, p. 8, p. 9, p. 99.
• Tulane studies in zoology and botany. 21 1979 New Orleans: Tulane University, [1968- url p. 121, p. 124.
• Tulane studies in zoology. 12 1965 New Orleans: Tulane University, 1953-1968. url p. 76.
• Value of mussel beds to sport fisheries, Project F-80-R: final report / Philip B. Moy and Richard E. Sparks. Havana, Ill.: Illinois Natural History Survey, Center for Aquatic Ecology, [1991] url p. 6.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
• Kullander, Sven O. (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.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Fish Collection
• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• The New York Botanical Garden: Bronx River Bioblitz
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Fish specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 137366
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-24318
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13851820
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 163382
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCJB37010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178556

Footnotes

1. Mean = 1,497.860 meters (4,914.239 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,569.370 based on 1,446 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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