Moapa dace
Appearance
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Moapa dace | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
Clade: | Laviniinae |
Genus: | Moapa C. L. Hubbs and R. R. Miller, 1948 |
Species: | M. coriacea
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Binomial name | |
Moapa coriacea C. L. Hubbs and R. R. Miller, 1948
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The moapa dace (Moapa coriacea) is a rare cyprinid fish of southern Nevada, United States, found only in the warm springs that give rise to the Muddy River, and in the upper parts of the river. It is the only species of the monotypic genus Moapa.
A small fish, with a maximum recorded length of 9 cm, its scales are small and embedded in the skin, resulting in a noticeably leathery texture (thus the species epithet, derived from Latin coriaceus "leathery"). General body shape is standard for cyprinids, with a vaguely conical head.
Moapa daces require warm water, in temperature range of 87 to 93 °F.
Notes
- ^ NatureServe (2014). "Moapa coriacea". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T13602A19035118. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T13602A19035118.en. Downloaded on 23 December 2017.
References
- Template:IUCN2006 Listed as Critically Endangered (CR B1+2c v2.3)
- "Moapa coriacea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
- Ira La Rivers, Fishes and Fisheries of Nevada (University of Nevada Press, 1994)
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Moapa coriacea" in FishBase. August 2011 version.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Leuciscinae
- Cyprinid fish of North America
- Endemic fauna of Nevada
- Fauna of the Mojave Desert
- Fish of the Western United States
- Freshwater fish of the United States
- Clark County, Nevada
- Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Natural history of Nevada
- Fish described in 1948
- Critically endangered fauna of the United States
- ESA endangered species
- Leuciscinae stubs