|Scientific Name:||Hybopsis amblops|
|Species Authority:||(Rafinesque, 1820)|
Notropis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820)
Rutilus amblops Rafinesque, 1820
|Red List Category & Criteria:||Least Concern ver 3.1|
|Reviewer(s):||Smith, K. & Darwall, W.R.T.|
|Facilitator/Compiler(s):||Hammerson, G.A. & Ormes, M.|
Listed as Least Concern in view of the large extent of occurrence, large number of subpopulations and locations, and large population size, and because the species probably is not declining fast enough to qualify for any of the threatened categories.
|Range Description:||Range includes Lake Ontario and Lake Erie drainages, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan; Ohio River basin from New York to eastern Illinois and south to the Tennessee River drainage, Georgia and Alabama; Ozarks of southern Missouri, northern Arkansas, and northeastern Oklahoma (absent from Missouri River drainage); Cottonwood River, Kansas (one record) (Page and Burr 2011).|
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This species is represented by a large number of occurrences (subpopulations).
Total adult population size is unknown but large. This species is common to abundant in southern part of range, declining in agricultural areas in the north (Page and Burr 2011).
Distribution and abundance have declined greatly in the north.
Trend over the past 10 years or three generations is uncertain but probably relatively stable or slowly declining.
|Habitat and Ecology:||Habitat includes small to moderate size, clear-water tributaries with sand, gravel, or rocky bottom; usually near riffles in quiet water; often associated with aquatic vegetation (Page and Burr 2011). This species is exceptionally intolerant of siltation.|
|Major Threat(s):||This fish is intolerant of water impoundment, siltation, and pollution.|
|Conservation Actions:||Currently, this species is of relatively low conservation concern and does not require significant additional protection or major management, monitoring, or research action.|
|Citation:||NatureServe 2013. Hybopsis amblops. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 September 2014.|
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