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Notropis rubricroceus (Cope, 1868)

Saffron shiner
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Common names: Saffron shiner
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from the Clinch and Powell river systems of Virginia, upper Savannah and Santee drainages (Ref. 10294). Transplanted into New River drainage in Virginia and North Carolina (Ref. 5723).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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Common names from other countries

Safran-hõbeteib, Jeleček šafránový, 赫色美洲鱥, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Temperate; 37°N - 35°N

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