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Macrhybopsis tomellerii Gilbert & Mayden, 2017

Gulf chub
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology: Macrhybopsis: Greek, makros = great + Greek, ybos, -e, -on = rounded + Greek, opsis = appearance (Ref. 45335); tomellerii: Named after Joseph R. Tomelleri, biological illustrator living in Leawood, Kansas, whose unsurpassed and meticulously rendered color illustrations of North American freshwater fishes have graced the pages of numerous scientific publications (including the present one), as well as books such as Fishes of the Central United States (Tomelleri & Eberle 1990) and Fishes of Alabama (Boschung & Mayden 2004).
Eponymy: Joseph Ralph Tomelleri (d: 1958) is a biological illustrator, artist and scientist living in Leawood, Kansas. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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

Freshwater; demersal. Subtropical

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North America: Pearl and Pascagoula river drainages in Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana, USA, and presumably in the adjacent Lake Pontchartrain drainage of these two states.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116539); 5.1 cm SL (female)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9; Vertebrae: 34 - 37.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in large, moderately clear to turbid rivers and lowermost parts of their major tributaries in the Pearl, Pascagoula, and Lake Pontchartrain drainages of Mississippi and Louisiana (Ref. 116539).

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Gilbert, C.R., R.L. Mayden and S.L. Powers, 2017. Morphological and genetic evolution in eastern populations of the Macrhybopsis aestivalis complex (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), with the descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4247(5):501-555. (Ref. 116539)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5002   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00501 (0.00242 - 0.01036), b=3.11 (2.92 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).