Rio Grande silvery minnow

The minnow

Adults may reach 3.5 in (89 mm) in total length.

Range and habitat

It was classified as endangered in the U.S. In 1994 and now is found in less than 5% of its natural habitat in the Rio Grande. Historically, the minnow was found from Española, New Mexico, to the Gulf of Mexico in Texas. It can also be found in a small pond in North Carolina.

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

Diet

Rio Grande silvery minnows are herbivores whose diet is believed to consist of river plants and benthic macroinvertebrates, though little research has been conducted into their diet due to the difficulty of getting into their stomachs. Silvery minnows tend to skim the bottom of rivers and streams and are prolific spawners.

This is a small, herbivorous, North American fish, one of the seven North American members of the genus Hybognathus.

In crisis

The Rio Grande silvery minnow is one of the most endangered fish in North America, according to the U.

Rio Grande silvery minnow 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 Rio Grande silvery minnow, Wikidata item Q307782. 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.