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Pugnose Minnow
Opsopoeodus emiliae
About This Fish

The Pugnose Minnow is found in Gulf and Atlantic coast drainages from Texas to South Carolina, including the Mobile Basin, as well as the Mississippi River north to Minnesota, including the Tennessee and lower Cumberland river drainages. They live over soft substrate in a wide variety of slow water habitats. As the common name suggests, Pugnose Minnows have a small snout and mouth.

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Cyprinidae >
Notropis
Alabama (AL), Tennessee (TN), Mississippi (MS), Kentucky (KY)
Lower Coosa – 03150107, Middle Tallapoosa – 03150109, Lower Tallapoosa – 03150110, Upper Alabama – 03150201, Cahaba – 03150202, Middle Alabama – 03150203, Lower Alabama – 03150204, Upper Tombigbee – 03160101, Buttahatchee – 03160103, Tibbee – 03160104, Luxapallila – 03160105, Middle Tombigbee-Lubbub – 03160106, Sipsey – 03160107, Noxubee – 03160108, Mulberry – 03160109, Sipsey Fork – 03160110, Locust – 03160111, Upper Black Warrior – 03160112, Lower Black Warrior – 03160113, Middle Tombigbee-Chickasaw – 03160201, Sucarnoochee – 03160202, Lower Tombigbee – 03160203, Mobile Tensaw – 03160204, Mobile Bay – 03160205, Lower Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake – 05130201, Lower Cumberland – 05130205, Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga – 06020001, Guntersville Lake – 06030001, Wheeler Lake – 06030002, Pickwick Lake – 06030005, Bear – 06030006, Lower Tennessee-Beech – 06040001, Lower Duck – 06040003, Kentucky Lake – 06040005, Lower Tennessee – 06040006

Literature

Lamothe, K.A., and D.A.R. Drake. 2019. Habitat associations of the Threatened pugnose minnow (Opsopoeodus emiliae) at the northern edge of the species range. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. 1-10. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/eff.12514

Blanton, R.E., L.M. Page, and B.M. Ennis. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships of Opsopoeodus emiliae, with comments on the taxonomic implications of discordance among datasets. Copeia. 1:82-92. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebecca_Blanton/publication/261619942_Phylogenetic_Relationships_of_Opsopoeodus_emiliae_with_Comments_on_the_Taxonomic_Implications_of_Discordance_among_Datasets/links/0a85e534d54169e283000000/Phylogenetic-Relationships-of-Opsopoeodus-emiliae-with-Comments-on-the-Taxonomic-Implications-of-Discordance-among-Datasets.pdf

Amemiya, C.T., and J.R. Gold. 1990. Chromosomal NOR phenotypes of seven species of North American Cyprinidae, with comments on cytosystematic relationships of the Notropis volucellus species-group, Opsopoeodus emiliae, and the genus Pteronotropis. Copeia. 68-78. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/John_Gold3/publication/272588477_Chromosomal_NOR_Phenotypes_of_Seven_Species_of_North_American_Cyprinidae_with_Comments_on_Cytosystematic_Relationships_of_the_Notropis_volucellus_Species-Group_Opsopoeodus_emiliae_and_the_Genus_Pteron/links/552925230cf2e089a3a5d2a2.pdf

Page, L.M., and C.E. Johnston. 1990. The breeding behavior of Opsopoeodus emiliae (Cyprinidae) and its phylogenetic implications. Copeia. 4:1176-1180. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1446511

Dimmick, W.W. 1987. Phylogenetic relationships of Notropis hubbsi, N. welaka and N. emiliae (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Copeia. 316-325. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1445767

Campos, H.H., and C. Hubbs. 1973. Taxonomic implications of the karyotype of Opsopoeodus emiliae. Copeia. 1:161-163. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1442381

Gilbert, C.R., and R.M. Bailey. 1972. Systembatics and zoogeography of the american cyprinid fish Notropis (Opsopoeodus) emiliae. Occasional papers of the museum of zoology. 664:1-35. https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/57100/OP664.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

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