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Common names: Carpita río del norte, Proserpine shiner
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in Rio San Carlo (Rio Grande drainage), Coahuila (Ref. 86798). Also Ref. 3881, 5723.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
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Common names from other countries

Carpita río del norte, Jelčík ďábelský, Proserpina-pisikarbik, ... more

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology: Cyprinella: Latin, cyprinus = carp (Ref. 45335); proserpina: Cyprinella meaning small carp, and proserpina, latinized form of Persephone (queen of the infernal regions, possibly in reference to the type locality of the Devils River) (Ref. 79012).
More on author: Girard.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical; 31°N - 30°N

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North and Central America: Devils River, lower Pecos River and nearby tributaries of Rio Grande in Texas, USA; and Rio San Carlo (Rio Grande drainage), Coahuila, Mexico.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86798); common length : 4.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193)

Found in rocky runs and pools of creeks and small rivers (Ref. 5723, 86798). Benthic insectivore. Feeds on dipterans, lepidopterans, trichopterans, ephemeropterans, and coleoterans (Ref. 79012).

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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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 September 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial

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Cyprinella proserpina (Girard, 1856)