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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
Ecologia
; Água doce demersal. Subtropical
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.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.8 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 116539); 5.1 cm SL (female)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raios dorsais moles (total) : 8; Raios anais moles: 7 - 9; Vértebras: 34 - 37.
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).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
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)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Ferramentas
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