Notropis ariommus, Popeye shiner

Notropis ariommus (Cope, 1867)

Popeye shiner
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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); ariommus: ariommus, meaning large eye (Ref. 10294).
More on author: Cope.

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Freshwater; benthopelagic; depth range 1 - ? m (Ref. 10294). Temperate; 41°N - 36°N

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North America: Ohio River basin from Pennsylvania to Indiana and south to Tennessee River drainage in Georgia and Alabama, USA. One record from Maumee River (in Lake Erie drainage) in Ohio, USA; population now extirpated.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5723); common length : 6.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193)

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Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits clear, gravel-bottomed, flowing pools and runs of creeks and small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723, 10294).

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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. (Ref. 5723)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 30 July 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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