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A male of Rhinichthys cataractae at Brincadero, Balleza River, Rio Grande drainage [Chihuahua]. Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (29-Apr-2007). determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Cyprinidae

Genus
Rhinichthys

Last updated on:
16-Jan-2013

Rhinichthys cataractae (Valenciennes, 1842)

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Original description as Gobio cataractae:

Cuvier, Georges & A. Valenciennes. 1842. "Tome seizième. Livre dix-huitième. Les Cyprinoïdes". Histoire naturelle des poissons. 16:1-472 (ffm00157)

Synonyms (1):

Leuciscus nasutus Ayres, 1843, with type locality at West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Determiner: Smith, 1986
Rhinichthys marmoratus Agassiz, 1850, with type locality at Sault Sainte Marie, Lake Superior, Chippewa County, Michagan, U.S.A. Determiner: Smith, 1986

Conservation: Rhinichthys cataractae is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.