Southern Redbelly Dace (Fishes of the Upper Green River, KY)

Southern Redbelly Dace

Chrosomus erythrogaster

Summary ²

The southern redbelly dace (Chrosomus erythrogaster), is a North American species of temperate freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae family. The natural geographic range extends from Western New York to Minnesota, and south to Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Alabama. This fish prefers flowing pools of creeks and streams.

Distribution ³

Global Range: (200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)) Range includes the Great Lakes (Michigan, Erie) and Mississippi River basins from New York to southern Minnesota, and south to the Tennessee River drainage, Alabama, and White-Arkansas river drainage, Arkansas and Oklahoma; isolated populations occur on the Former Mississippi Embayment (Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas), in the Kansas River system, Kansas, and in the upper Arkansas River drainage, Colorado and New Mexico (Page and Burr 2011). This fish is common in upland and spring-fed streams, absent in lowlands (Page and Burr 2011).

Habitat and ecology ⁴

Habitat and Ecology

Habitat includes headwaters and upland creeks (often spring-fed), generally with clear water (Lee et al. 1980, Page and Burr 2011). In Illinois, schools often occur under bank overhangs among tree roots in clear pools with muck bottom (Smith 1979). This species often occurs over gravel, rubble, or sand in Wisconsin (Becker 1983). Spawning occurs in shallow water near riffles among gravel, sometimes in nests of other species (e.g., Semotilus atromaculatus).

Systems

Freshwater

Iucn red list assessment ⁵

Red List Category

Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version

3.1

Year Assessed

2013

Assessor/s

NatureServe

Reviewer/s

Smith, K. & Darwall, W.R.T.

Contributor/s

Justification

Listed as Least Concern in view of the large extent of occurrence, large number of subpopulations, large population size, apparently stable trend, and lack of major threats.

Nature serve conservation status ⁶

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

Range description ⁷

Range includes the Great Lakes (Michigan, Erie) and Mississippi River basins from New York to southern Minnesota, and south to the Tennessee River drainage, Alabama, and White-Arkansas River drainage, Arkansas and Oklahoma; isolated populations occur on the Former Mississippi Embayment (Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas), in the Kansas River system, Kansas, and in the upper Arkansas River drainage, Colorado and New Mexico (Page and Burr 2011). This fish is common in upland and spring-fed streams, absent in lowlands (Page and Burr 2011).

Sources and Credits

(c) Kent Miller, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), uploaded by Kent Miller
Adapted by rkkessler from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrosomus_erythrogaster
(c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28744759
(c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34378510
(c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34378507
(c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28744752
(c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34378508

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