Notropis simus in USA
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Main Ref.
Also Ref.
Occurrence native
Importance Ref.
Aquaculture Ref.
Regulations Ref.
Freshwater Yes
Brackish No
Saltwater No
Live export
Bait No
Gamefish No
Abundance scarce (very unlikely) Ref. Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
Comments

Known from the upper Rio Grande (above El Paso, Texas) in Taxas and New Mexico, and Pecos River in New Mexico. Has disappered over much of its former range due to reduced water levels in the Rio Grande system (Ref. 5723). Also Ref. 3881.

Status of threat: Notropis simus pecosensis: endangered; status same as 1989. Criteria: 1,3,4,5; Notropis simus simus: possibly extinct. Criteria: 1,5 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).

States/Provinces New Mexico (native), Texas (native)
States/Provinces Complete? No
National Checklist
Country information https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
(e.g. 9948)
( e.g. cephalopods )
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