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Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology: Pimephales: Greek, pimeles, -es = fat + Greek, phales = whale; if the root is Greek, phales, -etos = penis (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Girard.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / profondeur / distribution range
Écologie
; eau douce démersal. Temperate; 39°N - 33°N
North America: in southern Missouri, eastern Kansas, Arkansas and northeastern Oklahoma, USA. Previously, 2 subspecies were recognized: Pimephales tenellus parviceps in the Castor, St. Francis, Black, White, lower Kansas, Ouachita and Little River systems; Pimephales tenellus tenellus in the Arkansas River drainage west of Arkansas-Oklahoma state line.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 5723); common length : 5.1 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 12193)
Inhabits sand-bottomed and gravel-bottomed pools and runs of creeks and small rivers.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 2.7 ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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