You can sponsor this page

Notropis telescopus (Cope, 1868)

Telescope shiner
Upload your photos and videos
Pictures | Google image


United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Telescope shiner
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: fairly common (chances are about 50%) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from the upland physiographic provinces of the Tennessee and Cumberland drainages except the Nashville Basin; Ozark uplands in Little, St. Francis, and White river systems of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas (Ref. 10294). Transplanted into the upper New River drainage in West Virginia and Virginia (Ref. 5723).
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

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> 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);  telescopus: telescopus, far-seeing (referring to the large eye) (Ref. 10294).
  More on author: Cope.

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

; sötvatten bentopelagisk.   Temperate; 39°N - 34°N

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster |
Fatal error: Uncaught mysqli_sql_exception: Table 'fbapp.scientificname' doesn't exist in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2366 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php(2366): mysqli->query() #1 /var/www/html/country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php(1228): checkPointMApDisplay() #2 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2366