Nocomis micropogon

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

Overview

Family : Minnows or carps ;

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Inhabits rocky runs and flowing pools of small to medium rivers .

Biology

Reproduction

During breeding season , males develop horn-like structures on their face , and defend their gravel nests .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Ceratichthys cyclotis Cope • Ceratichthys Micropogon • Ceratichthys micropogon Cope • Ceratichthys micropogon Cope, 1865 • Ceratichthys stigmaticus Cope • Nocomis micropogon • Nocomis nebracensis Girard • Semotilus biguttatus Kirtland

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

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

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 12-May-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Nocomis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species and subspecies in this genus:

N. asper (Redspot Cardinalfish) · N. biguttatus (Horneyhead Chub) · N. effusus (Redtail Barb) · N. leptocephalus (Bluehead Chub) · N. leptocephalus bellicus (Bluehead Chub) · N. leptocephalus interocularis (Bluehead Chub) · N. leptocephalus leptocephalus (Bluehead Chub) · N. micropogon (River Catfish) · N. platyrhynchus (Bigmouth Chub) · N. raneyi (Bull Chub)

More Info

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Further Reading

• A biological survey of the Erie-Niagara system. Supplemental to Eighteenth annual report, 1928. Albany, J. B. Lyon company, printers, 1929. url p. 183.
• Animal Ecology. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, 1961. url p. 395.
• Annual report for the year ended June 30. .. / the United States National Museum. [Washington]: Smithsonian Institution, [1952-1964] url p. 107.
• Bulletin / Illinois Natural History Survey. Urbana, State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Natural History Survey Division, 1918-1985. url p. 481.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 366.
• Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url p. 94.
• Illinois Natural History Survey bulletin. Champaign, Ill.: The Survey, 1987- url p. 425.
• Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. Lexington, KY: The Academy, 1998- url p. 8.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 113, p. 309, p. 316, p. 318, p. 32, p. 33, p. 381, p. 486, p. 557.
• Report of the Department of Fisheries of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [Harrisburg: The Dept.]: 1905-1918. url , .
• Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 137.
• Some considerations on the distribution of fishes in Ontario. [Toronto]: Printed by the University of Toronto Press, 1944. url p. 6, p. 60, p. 62.
• The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. London, International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url , p. 137, p. 147, p. 214, p. 215, p. 216, p. 217.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url , p. 148, p. 152, p. 157, p. 167, p. 180, p. 185, p. 186, p. 187, p. 188, p. 189, p. 190, p. 191, p. 192, p. 2, p. 2, p. 250, p. 396, p. 405, p. 451, p. 454, p. 455, p. 475, p. 491, p. 524, p. 528, p. 565, p. 640, p. 641, p. 648, p. 653.
• The fishes of Champaign County, Illinois: during a century of alterations of a prairie ecosystem / Champaign, IL: Illinois Natural History Survey, 1996. url p. 112.
• Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 114, p. 149, p. 168, p. 169, p. 175, p. 200, p. 29, p. 3, p. 34, p. 64, p. 65, p. 7, p. 82, p. 99.
• Tulane studies in zoology. 13 New Orleans: Tulane University, 1953-1968. url , p. 140.

Notes

Contributors

• 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 March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
• Kullander, Sven O. (from FishBase).
• National Aquarium in Baltimore, Baltimore MD.
• 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 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
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• 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: 133216
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-24150
• Fishbase Species ID: 2810
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13301443
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 163392
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCJB26050
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 14649

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