Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Actinopterygii
      Order: Cypriniformes
        Family: Leuciscidae
          Genus: Tiaroga
            Species: cobitis

Loach Minnow - Tiaroga cobitis

Loach Minnow

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Loach Minnow (Rhinichthys (Tiaroga) cobitis) is a small (up to 6 cm) minnow that occurs in the Gila, San Francisco, Blue, White and Tularosa rivers and their tributaries, and also some creeks in western New Mexico and eastern Arizona. They are bottom-dwellers that inhabit the riffles of creeks and small rivers with good water quality and moderate to high flow and cobble or gravel bottoms. Eggs are laid on the undersides of cobble and rubble and are defended by males and possibly by females.

Status

Global Rank: G2

State Rank: S1

State Status: E

Federal Status: Listed Endangered [LE]

USFS Status:

BLM Status:

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 10

Number of Mapped Locations: 386

Number of Observations: 1307

Observation date range: 10-26-1915 to 10-24-2022

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