Pahranagat spinedace
| Pahranagat spinedace | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Plagopterinae |
| Genus: | Lepidomeda |
| Species: | †L. altivelis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Lepidomeda altivelis R. R. Miller & C. L. Hubbs, 1960
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The Pahranagat spinedace (Lepidomeda altivelis) is an extinct species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. This species was restricted to Nevada but is now considered to be extinct.
Taxonomy
[edit]The Pahranagat spinedace was first formally described was first formally described in 1960 by the American ichthyologists Robert Rush Miller and Carl Leavitt Hubbs with itstype locality given as the outflow of Ash Spring, approximately 0.25 to 2.5 miles (0.40 to 4.02 km) below the spring source, in the Pahranagat Valley, Lincoln County, Nevada.[2] This species is included in the genus Lepidomeda which is included in the subfamily Plagopterinae in the family Leuciscidae.[3]
Etymology
[edit]The Pahranagat spinedace is in the genus Lepidomeda which prefixes lepido- on to the genus name Meda because these fishes resemble the spikedace, the only species in Meda, but they have scales. The specific name, altivelis, combines alti, which means "high", and velis, derived from the Latin velum, meaning "sail", a reference to the high dorsal fin.[4]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The Phranagat spinedace was restricted to the outflows of springs in the lower and middle White River in the Pahranagat Valley, being the outflows of Ash Spring and Upper Pahranagat Lake.[1]
Extinction
[edit]The Phranagat spinedace has not been recorded since Miller and Hubbs collected the type specimens in 1938. They resurveyed for this species in 1959 but did not find it. It is thought that its extinction was caused by the introduction invasive species such as the mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis), carp species and American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c NatureServe (2013). "Lepidomeda altivelis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T11577A18229307. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T11577A18229307.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Lepidomeda". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Plagopterinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf (19 December 2023). "Family LEUCISCIDAE Subfamily PLAGOPTERINAE Cope 1874 (Creek Chubs)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- NatureServe (2013). "Lepidomeda altivelis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T11577A18229307. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T11577A18229307.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- "Lepidomeda altivelis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lepidomeda altivelis". FishBase. February 2006 version.
- natureserve.org