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Common names: Plains minnow
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Missouri, Arkansas, Red, Brazos, and Colorado River drainages from Montana and North Dakota south to New Mexico and Texas; Mississippi River from mouth of Missouri River to Tennessee (Ref. 86798). Recorded from the western tributaries to the Mississippi River from the upper Missouri River south, and in the western Gulf of Mexico through the Colorado River drainage of Texas (Ref. 10294). Common but sometimes abundant in Great Plains. Introduced in Pecos River in New Mexico (Ref. 86798). Also Ref. 5723. Status of threat: vulnerable. Criteria: 1 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
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Common names from other countries

Méné des plaines, Jeleček coloradský, Tasandiku peitellõug, ... more

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology: Hybognathus: Greek, ybos, -e, -on = curved + Greek, gnathos = jaw; with bulging jaw (Ref. 45335); placitus: From the word placitus, meaning broad surface (referring to the relatively broad head) (Ref. 10294).
More on author: Girard.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; demersal. Subtropical; 47°N - 32°N

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North America: Missouri, Arkansas, Red, Brazos, and Colorado River drainages from Montana and North Dakota south to New Mexico and Texas, USA; Mississippi River from mouth of Missouri River to Tennessee, USA. Introduced in Pecos River in New Mexico, USA (Ref. 86798). First record from Canada dates back to 2003 (Ref. 125894).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86798); common length : 7.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193)

Occurs usually in shallow sandy runs and pools of creeks and small to large rivers (Ref. 86798). Oviparous, probably open substratum spawners like congeners (Ref. 205).

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The pelagic-broadcast spawning behavior consisted of males pursuing a single female and nudging her abdominal region. When the female was ready to spawn, a single male wrapped around the female at which time eggs and milt were simultaneously expelled. Reproduction usually consisted of several individual spawning episodes with at least 10-min intervals between events (Ref. 35784).

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Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 663p. (Ref. 86798)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 February 2012

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00376 - 0.01926), b=3.06 (2.86 - 3.26), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Hybognathus placitus Girard, 1856