Notropis baileyi Suttkus & Raney, 1955
Rough shiner
Notropis baileyi
photo by The Native Fish Conservancy

Family:  Leuciscidae (Minnows), subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Max. size:  9 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 4 years
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  North America: Mobile Bay and Pascagoula River drainages in Alabama and Mississippi, USA; Bear Creek system (Tennessee River drainage) in Alabama and Mississippi. Also in Escambia River drainage (and possibly introduced) in Alabama and Florida, and Chattahoochee River drainage in Georgia, USA.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Inhabits sand-bottomed and gravel-bottomed flowing pools of headwaters, creeks and small rivers.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 01 March 2012 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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