Elassoma alabamae Mayden, 1993:2
Spring pygmy sunfish
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1941
Rediscovered in: 1973
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Alabama (northern), USA
Anatomy & Morphology
Maximum known size: 25.5 mm SL ()
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: UAIC 10275.01 (Gilbert, 2004:1)
Other specimens:
TU 165003 (n=10)
UF93287.10 (n=10)
INHS 28234 (n=10)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Mayden, Richard L. (1993). Elassoma alabamae, a New Species of Pygmy Sunfish Endemic to the Tennessee River Drainage of Alabama (Teleostei: Elassomatidae). Bull. Alabama Mus. Nat. Hist. 16: 1-14.
Other references:
Bennett, Micah G. and Conway, Kevin W. (2010). An overview of North America’s diminutive freshwater fish fauna. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 21(1): 63-72.
Conway, Kevin W. and Mayden, Richard L. (2006). Threatened fishes of the world: Elassoma alabamae Mayden, 1993 (Elassomatidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 75: 195-196.
Deacon, James E., Kobetich, Gail, Williams, James D. and Contreras, Salvador. (1979). Fishes of North America endangered, threatened, or of special concern: 1979. Fisheries 4(2): 29-44.
Gilbert, C. R. (2004). Family Elassomatidae Jordan 1877. Pygmy sunfishes. Calif. Acad. Sci. Annotated Checklists of Fishes No. 33 . 5pp.
Jandebeur, T. S. (1979). Distribution, life history, and ecology of the spring pygmy sunfish, Elassoma species. Unpublished report prepared for Albert McDonald. 22 pp.
Jandebeur, Thomas S. (1982). A status report on the spring pygmy sunfish, Elassoma sp., in northcentral Alabama. Association Southeastern Biologists, Bulletin 29(2): 66.
Jandebeur, Thomas S. (2011). Influence of beaver (Castor canadensis) and ecological succession on the life history and distribution of the Spring pygmy sunfish (Elassoma alabamae). Technical report.
Jandebeur, Thomas S. (2015). Elassoma alabamae (Spring pygmy sunfish): Growth rate, individual size differences, subpopulation stability, and impact of drought. Technical report. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.1321.9920
Jelks, Howard L., Walsh, Stephen J., Burkhead, Noel M., Contreras-Balderas, Salvador, Díaz-Pardo, Edmundo, Hendrickson, Dean A., Lyons, J., Mandrak, Nicholas E., McCormick, Frank, Nelson, Joseph F., Platania, Steven P., Porter, Brady A., Renaud, Claude B., Schmitter-Soto, Juan Jacabo, Taylor, Eric B. and Warren, Melvin L. Jr. (2008). Conservation status of imperiled North American freshwater and diadromous fishes. Fisheries 33(8): 372-407.
Mettee, M. F. and Pulliam, J. J. (1986). Reintroduction of an undescribed species of Elassoma into Pryor Branch, Limestone County, Alabama. Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings 4:14-15.
Mettee, M. F. and Scharpf, C. (1998). Reproductive behavior, embryology, and larval development of four species of pygmy sunfish. American Currents 24(1): 1-10.
NatureServe. (2014). Elassoma alabamae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T202436A13482095. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T202436A13482095.en. Accessed on 02 September 2023.
Williams, Jack E., Johnson, James E., Hendrickson, Dean A., Contreras-Balderas, Salvador, Williams, James D., Navarro-Mendoza, Miguel, McAllister, Don E. and Deacon, James E. (1989). Fishes of North America endangered, threatened, or of special concern: 1989. Fisheries 14(6): 2-20.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_pygmy_sunfish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_pygmy_sunfish
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-10-02/pdf/2012-23854.pdf