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Ameca shiner

Ameca shiner

Species of fish

The Ameca shiner (Notropis amecae) is a species of cyprinid fish in the family Cyprinidae. The Ameca shiner was described in 1986[2] from upper parts of the Ameca River drainage in Jalisco, Mexico.[3] Although already feared extinct by 1969,[3] and listed as such by the IUCN when rated in 1996,[1] a tiny population was rediscovered in 2001.[4][5] Some were brought into captivity to form the basis of a breeding program. These have been used for a reintroduction project since 2015.[6][7]

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Its closest relatives are the yellow shiner and the Durango shiner.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Domínguez, O. (2019). "Notropis amecae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T14881A546437. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T14881A546437.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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    Chernoff, B.; Miller, R.R. (1986). "Fishes of the Notropis calientis complex with a key to the southern shiners of Mexico". Copeia. 1986 (1): 170–183. doi:10.2307/1444903. JSTOR 1444903.
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    Miller, Robert R.; Williams, James D.; Williams, Jack E. (1989). "Extinctions of North American Fishes During the past Century" (PDF). Fisheries. 14:6 (6): 22–38. doi:10.1577/1548-8446(1989)014<0022:EONAFD>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2027.42/141989.
  4. [4]
    López-López, E.; J. Paulo-Maya (2001). "Changes in the Fish Assemblages in the Upper Río Ameca, Mexico". Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 16 (2): 179–187. doi:10.1080/02705060.2001.9663803. S2CID 86593417.
  5. [5]
    Jelks, H.L., S.J. Walsh, N.M. Burkhead, S. Contreras-Balderas, E. Díaz-Pardo, D.A. Hendrickson, J. Lyons, N.E. Mandrak, F. McCormick, J.S. Nelson, S.P. Platania, B.A. Porter, C.B. Renaud, J.J. Schmitter-Soto, E.B. Taylor and M.L. Warren Jr. (2008). Conservation status of imperiled North American freshwater and diadromous fishes. Fisheries 33(8): 372-407.
  6. [6]
    "Zoogoneticus tequila". Goodeid Working Group. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Mexico Fish Ark Project". Chester Zoo. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.

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