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Common names: Blue shiner
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Regulations: protected | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Coosa and Cahaba Rivers in southeast Tennessee, northwest Georgia and Alabama (Ref. 86798). Extirpated from Cahaba River system (Ref. 86798). Local and uncommon (Ref. 86798). Considered a threatened species under the U. S. Endangered Species Act (Ref. 10294). Also Ref. 3881. Status of threat: endangered; status declined since 1989. Criteria: 1,4 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).
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Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology: Cyprinella: Latin, cyprinus = carp (Ref. 45335); caerulea: From the word caerulea, meaning blue (Ref. 10294).
More on author: Jordan.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical; 35°N - 32°N

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North America: Coosa and Cahaba River systems in southeast Tennessee, northwest Georgia and Alabama, USA.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 10294); common length : 6.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193)

Found in rocky runs of small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723, 86798). Adults feed on terrestrial insects and sometimes supplemented with mayfly and caddisfly immatures (Ref. 10294).

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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)

Endangered (EN) (B2ab(ii,iii,iv,v)); Date assessed: 15 November 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00376 - 0.01926), b=3.06 (2.86 - 3.26), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm<1; Fec=152-610).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Cyprinella caerulea (Jordan, 1877)