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Lepidomeda mollispinis pratensis Miller and Hubbs, 1960:21

Big Spring spinedace

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1938

Rediscovered in 1977

IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable

 

Distribution

Lincoln County, Nevada, USA

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Miller, Robert Rush and Hubbs, Carl L. (1960). The Spiny-rayed Cyprinid Fishes (Plagopterini) of the Colorado River System. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 115: 1-39, 3 plates.

 

Other references:

Allan, R. C. (1983). Protected species range extension, in Proceedings of the Desert Fishes Council, Death Valley, Calif., November 17-19, 1983, Proceedings: Bishop, Calif., Desert Fishes Council, p. 319-321.

Allan, R. C. (1985). A field survey of the endemic fishes of the pluvial White River and Carpenter River systems. Unpublished report. Nevada Department of Wildlife, Reno.

Day, David. (1981). The Doomsday Book of Animals: A Natural History of Vanished Species. New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press.

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.

Miller, Robert Rush. (1961). Man and the changing fish fauna of the American southwest. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 46: 365-404.

NatureServe. (2014). Lepidomeda mollispinis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 26 January 2015.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (1993). Big Spring Spinedace, Lepidomeda mollispinis pratensis, Recovery Plan. Portland, Oregon. 32 pp.

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.

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