You can sponsor this page

Notropis maculatus (Hay, 1881)

Taillight shiner
Upload your photos and videos
 Pictures | Google image
Image of Notropis maculatus (Taillight shiner)
Notropis maculatus
Male picture by Page, L.M.

United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Taillight shiner
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from the Atlantic Coastal drainages from Cape Fear River south through Florida peninsula, and west in Gulf Coast drainages through Mississippi River; extends north in Mississippi River basin to southern Illinois (Ref. 10294). Locally common in southeastern USA; uncommon in Mississippi basin (Ref. 5723).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Jeleček skvrnitý, Tulisaba-hõbeteib, 亮尾美洲鱥, ... more

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology: Notropis: A misnomer given by Rafinesque to shriveled specimens, with the meaning of "back keel"; from Greek, noton = back (Ref. 45335);  maculatus: From the word maculatus, meaning spotted (Ref. 10294).

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

; Γλυκού νερού βενθοπελαγικό.   Subtropical; 38°N - 27°N

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες |
Fatal error: Uncaught mysqli_sql_exception: Table 'fbapp.scientificname' doesn't exist in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2366 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php(2366): mysqli->query() #1 /var/www/html/country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php(1228): checkPointMApDisplay() #2 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2366