Notropis topeka

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Overview

Endangered

Common Names

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Description

Family Cyprinidae

Distribution: North America (northern Canada to southern Mexico), Africa, and Eurasia . Pharynx with 1-3 rows of teeth, each row with a maximum of 8 teeth. Usually thin lips , plicae or papillae absent; mouth sometimes suckerlike (Garra and Labeo). With or without barbels . Premaxilla usually borders the upper jaw making the maxilla entirely or almost entirely excluded from the gape. Usually protrusible upper jaw. Dorsal fin with spinelike rays in some. Primitive number of chromosomes 2n=50, some with 48; polyploidy exists. Maximum length at least 2.5 m to probably 3 m in Catlocarpio siamensis; many species less than 5 cm. Mainly non-guarders, but in some species males build nests and/or protect the eggs .The family Cyprinidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Cypriniformes. It contains 210 genera and 2010 species. It may be found in Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Primary freshwater. Many members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. This family may be found from 70° n to 34° s and 150° w to 170° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, kyprinos = goldfish .

Habitat

Inhabits quiet gravel-bottomed and sand-bottomed pools of headwaters and creeks .

Biome: Fresh water . Benthopelagic.

Taxonomy

Ambiguous Synonyms

1. Moniana tristis Girard, 1856
2. Notropis tristis (Girard, 1856)

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Cliola (Hybopsis) Topeka Gilbert, 1884
2. Cliola Topeka
3. Notropis aeneolus Hay, 1887

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Notropis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 378 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

N. stramineus · N. braytoni · N. topeka · N. rubescens · N. aeneolus · N. aguirrepequenoi (Soto La Marina Shiner) · N. alabamae · N. albeolus · N. albiolus · N. albizonatus (Paleband Shiner) · N. alborus (Whitemouth Shiner) · N. altipinnis (Highfin Shiner) · N. altipinnis altipinnis (Highfin Shiner) · N. altipinnis chowanus · N. altipinnis neusensis · N. altipinnis nevensis · N. altipinnis tarensis · N. altipinnis whitei · N. altipinnis wrighti · N. amabilis (Texas Shiner) · N. amecae (Ameca Shiner) · N. ammophilus (Orangefin Shiner) · N. amnis · N. amnis amnis · N. amnis pinnosa · N. amoenus (Comely Shiner) · N. amplamala · N. analostana · N. analostana alalostana · N. analostana analostana · N. analostana chloristia · N. analostanus · N. analostanus bosci · N. analostanus chloristius · N. analostomus · N. anogenus (Pugnose Shiner) · N. ardens · N. ardens lythrurus · N. ardens matutinus · N. ardens matutuina · N. arge · N. argo · N. ariommus (Popeye Shiner) · N. aritherinoides · N. artherinoides · N. asperifrons (Burrhead Shiner?74 Names of Fishes) · N. atheoinoides · N. atherenoides · N. atherinoides (Common Emerald Shiner) · N. atherinoides acutus · N. atherinoides atherinoides (Common Emerald Shiner) · N. atherinoides caddonis · N. atherinoides dilectus (Common Emerald Shiner) · N. atherionides · N. atherninoides · N. athernoides (Ricardo's Squeaker) · N. atrapiculus · N. atrocaudalis (Blackspot Shiner) · N. atromaculatus · N. aulidion (Durango Shiner) · N. aztecus · N. baileyi (Rough Shiner) · N. bairdi (Red River Shiner) · N. bairdi buccula (Smalleye Shiner) · N. bellus · N. bellus alegnotus · N. bifrenatus (Bridle Shiner) · N. blennius (River Shiner) · N. bocagrande · N. boops (Bigeye Shiner) · N. boucardi (Balsas Shiner) · N. braytoni (Tamaulipas Shiner) · N. brazosensis · N. brimleyi · N. brittani · N. buccata · N. buccatus (Silverjaw Minnow) · N. buccula (Smalleye Shiner) · N. buchanani (Ghost Shiner) · N. caddonis · N. caeruleus · N. cahabae (Cahaba Shiner) · N. calabazas · N. calientis (Yellow Shiner) · N. callisema · N. callistius · N. callitaenia · N. camarus · N. camurus · N. canalis · N. candidus (Silverside Shiner) · N. cardinalis · N. cayuga · N. cayuga atrocaudalis (Blackspot Shiner) · N. cerasinus · N. cercostigma · N. chalbaeus · N. chalybaeus (Ironcolor Shiner) · N. chalybaeus abbotti · N. chamberlaini

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Further Reading

• A catalogue of the fishes known to inhabit the waters of North America, north of th Tropic of Cancer, with notes on the species discovered in 1883 and 1884, by David Starr Jordan. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1885. ENG url p. 24.
• A checklist of the vertebrate animals of Kansas / George D. Potts, Joseph T. Collins. [Lawrence, Kan.]: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1991. ENG url p. 27.
• 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. ENG url p. 16.
• A manual of land and fresh water vertebrate animals of the United States (exclusive of birds) by Henry Sherring Pratt with 184 illustrations. Philadelphia, Blakiston's[c1923] ENG url p. 74.
• Annual report of the Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Commerce for the fiscal year ended Washington: G.P.O., 1914- ENG url p. 143.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• Fishes in Kansas / Frank B. Cross, Joseph T. Collins; foreword by John E. Hayes, Jr. Lawrence: University of Kansas Natural History Museum, 1995. ENG url p. 15, p. 269, p. 294, p. 300, p. 302, p. 304, p. 99.
• Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. Lawrence, University of Kansas, 1946-1996. ENG url p. 128, p. 343, p. 4, p. 69.
• Northern fishes: with special reference to the Upper Mississippi Valley / [by] Samuel Eddy and Thaddeus Surber. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, [1947] ENG url p. 163.
• Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr (1991). A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p.
• Phylogenetic studies of North American minnows: with emphasis on the genus Cyprinella (Teleostei, Cypriniformes) / by Richard L. Mayden. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1989. ENG url p. 10, p. 71.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 246.
• Report of the Commissioner - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington, The Commission; U.S. Govt. Print. Off. ENG url p. 253, p. 812.
• Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1980. A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 174.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. ENG url p. 198.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 20, 2007.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Paxton, John (from FishBase).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• 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: 2497678
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-24211
• Fishbase Species ID: 2908
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 163471
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCJB28960
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: E07R
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 15885

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