Macrhybopsis etnieri, Coosa chub

Macrhybopsis etnieri Gilbert & Mayden, 2017

Coosa chub
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology: Macrhybopsis: Greek, makros = great + Greek, ybos, -e, -on = rounded + Greek, opsis = appearance (Ref. 45335); etnieri: Named after Dr. David A. Etnier, Emeritus Professor of Zoology at the University of Tennessee, for his many contributions to southeastern ichthyology and aquatic biology, including co-authorship of the definitive book on the fishes of Tennessee.
Eponymy: Dr David A Etnier (d: 1937) is Emeritus Professor of Zoology at the University of Tennessee which houses the ‘Etnier Ichthyological Collection’ of over 40,000 specimens that he began (1960s). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical

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North America: upper sections of the Mobile Bay basin, above the Fall Line, including the Cahaba, Coosa and Tallapoosa river systems, in Alabama, northwestern Georgia, and extreme southeastern Tennessee, USA.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116539); 5.2 cm SL (female)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 8; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8; Vertebrae: 37 - 39.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits clear, moderately large flowing streams with a sand, gravel, or fine rubble bottom above the Fall Line in the Cahaba, Coosa and Tallapoosa river systems (Ref. 116539).

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Gilbert, C.R., R.L. Mayden and S.L. Powers, 2017. Morphological and genetic evolution in eastern populations of the Macrhybopsis aestivalis complex (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), with the descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4247(5):501-555. (Ref. 116539)

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

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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