Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Palezone Shiner (Notropis albizonatus), recorded as Endangered
Palezone Shiner (Notropis albizonatus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Palezone Shiner

Notropis albizonatus

Palezone Shiner is a minnow in the family Cyprinidae (order Cypriniformes) — Notropis albizonatus, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Notropis albizonatus
Taxonomy
Cypriniformes · Cyprinidae · Notropis

Appearance

It is straw-colored with dark margins on some of its rear scales.

This minnow is up to 6 centimetres (2.4 inches) in length.

This fish, that was first described in 1994, is "among the most jeopardized fish species in the United States." The two populations are located in the Paint Rock River of Alabama, a tributary of the Tennessee River, and the Little South Fork of the Cumberland River in Kentucky.

Range and habitat

This rare fish is native to Alabama and Kentucky in the United States. It once occurred in Tennessee, but it has been extirpated from the state. Its distribution was once wider. It has also been collected from a tributary of the Clinch River in Tennessee.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

The species spawns in late spring and summer. Little else is known about its reproduction.

In crisis

There are two populations remaining. This species is a widely disjunct distribution, with two isolated populations located far apart.

Palezone Shiner is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Palezone Shiner, Wikidata item Q3765929. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Palezone Shiner?
Palezone Shiner is a minnow in the family Cyprinidae (order Cypriniformes) — Notropis albizonatus.
What is the conservation status of Palezone Shiner?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Notropis albizonatus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Palezone Shiner live?
Its range may have become reduced long ago or it may owe its rarity to more current, degraded conditions in its habitat, or both.
Why is Palezone Shiner in crisis?
There are two populations remaining.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Notropis albizonatus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Palezone Shiner a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.