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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Leuciscinae
Etymology: Clinostomus: Greek, klinein, kline = sloping and bed, due to the four apophyses of sphenoid bone + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335); funduloides: From the words clino-- inclined, stomus-- mouth and funduloides, meaning Fundulus-like (Ref. 10294). More on author: Girard.

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Freshwater; demersal. Temperate; 41°N - 33°N

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 10294); common length : 6.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193)

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North America: Atlantic Slope from lower Delaware River drainage in Pennsylvania, USA to Savannah River drainage in Georgia, USA; Ohio River basin in Wyoming, Virginia, southern Ohio, Kentucky , Tennessee, North Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi, USA.

Inhabits rocky flowing pools of headwaters, creeks and small rivers. Most common in small clear streams.

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Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 90363)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Estimates of some properties based on empirical models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278): 2.7 ±0.34 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (22 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Clinostomus funduloides Girard, 1856