Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Actinopterygii
      Order: Cypriniformes
        Family: Leuciscidae
          Genus: Meda
            Species: fulgida

Spikedace - Meda fulgida

Spikedace

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Spikedace (Meda fulgida) is a small (up to 8 cm) fish that persists in a restricted distribution in the upper Gila River basin of Arizona and New Mexico and is being actively managed through population augmentations and translocations. They are found in sand- and gravel-bottomed, shallow, clear streams with permanently flowing water. The primary threat to this species is thought to be non-native fishes that compete with or prey on Spikedace.

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: 58

Number of Mapped Locations: 318

Number of Observations: 1156

Observation date range: 10-27-1915 to 11-19-2022

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