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Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology: Pteronotropis: Greek, pteron, = fin + A misnomer given by Rafinesque to shriveled specimens, with the meaning of "back keel"; from Greek, noton = back (Ref. 45335); merlini: Named for Merlin G. Suttkuss.
Eponymy: Lieutenant-Colonel Merlin G Suttkus (1919–1986) was an officer in the United States Air Force and the senior author‘s brother. He helped him collect fish in the late 1940s. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
; Água doce pelágico(a,os,as). Subtropical; 12°C - 23°C (Ref. 40813)
North America: Choctawhatchee River system above confluence with Pea River in Alabama, USA.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.4 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 40813); 4.5 cm SL (female)
Descrição suscinta
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raios dorsais (total) : 7 - 9; Raios anais : 8 - 11; Vértebras: 36 - 38. Body very deep. Caudal fin and most of the anal fin on nuptial males are bright orange. Nuptial males have a chevron or lunate-shaped blotch of dark pigment slightly separated from the posterior end of the dark lateral band. Anterior rays of dorsal fin fall short of the tips of the posterior rays in the depressed fin (Ref. 40813).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Adults inhabit sand-bottomed and silt-bottomed pools and runs of headwaters, creeks and small rivers, usually along undercut banks and debris (Ref. 86798). They occur in reduced current, under overhanging vegetation or an overhanging bank, around stumps or roots, or occasionally under floating debris caught on snags or trailing brush of Smilax or Vitis vines (Ref. 40813). Migratory behaviour is undetermined (Ref. 126106).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
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)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: sem interesse
Ferramentas
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00871 (0.00401 - 0.01893), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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