Rhinichthys deaconi Miller, 1984:3
Las Vegas dace
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Burkhead, 2012)
Last record: 30 July 1940
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Estimated date of extinction: 1955 (Burkhead, 2012)
Distribution
Las Vegas Creek, Nevada, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
USNM 46113.5010974 (1 fish)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Miller, Robert Rush. (1984). Rhinichthys deaconi, a new species of dace (Pisces: Cyprinidae) from southern Nevada. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 707: 1-21.
Other references:
Burkhead, Noel M. (2012). Extinction Rates in North American Freshwater Fishes, 1900–2010. BioScience 62(9): 798-808.
Gilbert (1893, north american fauna, 7:230-231
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, R. R., Williams, J. D. and Williams, J. E. (1989). Extinctions of North American fishes during the past century. Fisheries 14(6): 22-38.
NatureServe. 2013. Rhinichthys deaconi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T19490A19035017. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T19490A19035017.en. Accessed on 02 July 2022.
Nelson, J.S., Crossman, E.J., Espinosa-Perez, H., Findley, L.T., Gilbert, C.R., Lea, R.N. and Williams, J.D. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
Page, L.M. and Burr, B.M. 2011. Peterson field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, Massachusetts.
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. American Fisheries Society.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1996). Rhinichthys deaconi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 01 June 2013.