Notropis simus simus Cope, 1875
Rio Grande bluntnose shiner
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Alburnellus simus Cope, 1875
Conservation Status
Missing (Jelks et al., 2008:391) or Extinct (Miller et al., 1989; Burkhead, 2012)
Last record: 28 July 1964 (Chernoff et al., 1982:11; Miller et al. 1989:27)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
This species was apparently last collected in 1964 (Gimenez Dixon, 1996). Estimated date of extinction: 1964 (Burkhead, 2012).
Distribution
Texas and New Mexico, USA; Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Lectotype: USNM 16982 (Chernoff et al., 1982:11)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Cope, E. D. and H. C. Yarrow. (1875). Report upon the collections of fishes made in portions of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, during the years 1871, 1872, 1873, and 1874. Engineer Department, United States Army, Report upon the Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys west of the one hundredth Meridian v. 5 (Zoology) Chapter 6: 635-703, Pls. 26-32.
Other references:
Bestgen, K. R. and Platania, S. P. (1990). Extirpation of Notropis simus simus (Cope) and Notropis orca Woolman (Pisces: Cyprinidae) from the Rio Grande in New Mexico, with noes on their life history. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Southwestern Biology 6: 1-8.
Burkhead, Noel M. (2012). Extinction Rates in North American Freshwater Fishes, 1900–2010. BioScience 62(9): 798-808.
Chernoff, Barry, Miller, Robert Rush and Gilbert, Carter R. (1982). Notropis orca and Notropis simus, cyprinid fishes from the American southwest, with description of a new subspecies. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 698: 1-49.
Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). Notropis simus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. (http://www.redlist.org). Downloaded on 12 December 2010.
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.
Miller, Robert Rush, Williams, James D. and Williams, Jack E. (1989). Extinctions of North American fishes during the past century. Fisheries 14(6): 22-38.
NatureServe. (2014). Notropis simus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T14896A19034737. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T14896A19034737.en. Accessed on 13 April 2025.
NatureServe. (2019). Notropis simus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T14896A130025243. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T14896A130025243.en. Accessed on 13 April 2025.
Robins, C. R., Bailey, R. M., Bond, C. E., Brooker, J. R., Lachner, E. A., Lea, R. N. and Scott, W. B. (1991). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Pub. (20): 183 p.
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Notropis-simus.html
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/1637/rio-grande-bluntnose-shiner