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Notropis buccata (Cope, 1865)

Silverjaw minnow
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Common names: Silverjaw minnow
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: Known from the tributaries of the Mississippi River of SW Illinois and E Missouri, in the Wabash and Ohio River drainages of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia; and the Atlantic drainages of Maryland and Virginia (Ref. 57709). Status of Threat: Threatened species in Tennessee due to surface-mining activities (Ref. 10294).
National Checklist:
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
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Jeleček stříbrotlamý, 颊美洲鱥, 银颌鱼, ... 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);  buccata: From the words Eri, an intensifying prefix; cymba, meaning cavity; and buccata, cheek (Ref. 10294).
  More on author: Cope.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Temperate; 43°N - 31°N

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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