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Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Actinopterygii
      Order: Cypriniformes
        Family: Leuciscidae
          Genus: Notropis
            Species: simus pecosensis

Pecos Bluntnose Shiner - Notropis simus pecosensis

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Pecos Bluntnose Shiner (Notropis simus pecosensis) is a small (9 cm) fish that is currently restricted to 282 km of the Pecos River in New Mexico from Fort Sumner to Artesia. They use multiple stream habitat types, but are most common in main channel areas with low but persistent flows. The main threats to this species are dams and water diversion.

Status

Global Rank: G1T1

State Rank: S2

State Status: E

Federal Status: Listed Threatened [LT]

USFS Status:

BLM Status:

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 43

Number of Mapped Locations: 226

Number of Observations: 2099

Observation date range: 08-21-1939 to 11-04-2021

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