Phenacobius teretulus, Kanawha minnow

Phenacobius teretulus Cope, 1867

Kanawha minnow
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology: Phenacobius: Greek, phenax, -akos = deceptive + Greek, bios = life (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cope.

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

Freshwater; demersal. Temperate; 39°N - 35°N

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North America: New (upper Kanawha) River drainage in West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina, USA.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86798); common length : 6.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193)

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Phenacobius teretulus can be distinguished by possessing many papillae on very fleshy lips, gray-brown above, small black blotches scattered on upper half of body, dark stripe along back, dusky stripe along silver side, 45-49 scales on lateral line, and 16-19 scales around caudal peduncle (Ref. 86798).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in rubble and gravel riffles and runs of creeks and small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723, 86798).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 663p. (Ref. 86798)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 August 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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