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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Plagopterinae
Etymology: Hemitremia: Greek, hemi = half + Greek, trema = hole (Ref. 45335); flammea: From the words hemi, meaning half; tremia, aperture (referring to the incomplete lateral line); and flammea, flaming (referring to the bright red breeding colors) (Ref. 10294).
More on authors: Jordan & Gilbert.

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Freshwater; demersal. Temperate; 37°N - 33°N

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North America: middle Cumberland (mostly Caney Fork) and Tennessee River drainages in Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama, USA; Kelley Creek (Coosa River system) in Alabama.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 10294)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Anal soft rays: 7 - 8. Hemitremia flammea can be distinguished by having the following characters: caudal peduncle deep; head short; snout extremely short; mouth small, slightly subterminal; eye round; body barely compressed; dorsal fin origin slightly behind pelvic fin origin; lateral line incomplete, fewer than half of scales pored; 38-44 lateral scales; anal fin with 7-8 rays; pharyngeal teeth 2,5-4,2; and coloration consists of olive above, dark stripe along back, dark streaks along upper side, followed by light stripe, then black stripe ending at black caudal spot or wedge, white to red below, bright scarlet red along bottom 1/3 of body and at base of dorsal fin in large specimens (especially males), and silver peritoneum flecked with black (Ref. 86798).

Occurs in springs and spring-fed streams, usually over gravel (Ref. 5723, 86798). Feeds on midge larvae supplemented with isopods, oligochaetes, hemipterans, and snails (Ref. 10294).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 663p. (Ref. 86798)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Near Threatened (NT) ; Date assessed: 13 February 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Hemitremia flammea (Jordan & Gilbert, 1878)