A New Cyprinid of the Genus Phoxinus Endemic to the Upper Cumberland River Drainage
Starnes LB. 1978. A New Cyprinid of the Genus Phoxinus Endemic to the Upper Cumberland River Drainage. Copeia. 1978(3):508-516
A distinctive new cyprinid, Phoxinus cumberlandensis, has been discovered recently in the upper Cumberland River drainage of Kentucky and Tennessee; it is described herein. The new dace apparently is related most closely to P. oreas, though it is well differentiated from its congeners. The new species is endemic to the upper Cumberland, mostly above Cumberland Falls where it may have evolved after dispersal of ancestral stock from the preglacial Teays River drainage. The new Phoxinus, an inhabitant of small upland streams, is considered threatened due to degradation by strip mining of many such habitats in the upper Cumberland and has thus been proposed for the Federal Threatened Species List.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Starnes, Lynn
- Units
- CUGA
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Animals, blackside dace (Phoxinus cumberlandensis), carps & minnows (Cyprinidae), Cumberland Gap National Historic Park, Cumberland River, Fish, KY, Rare Species, Rivers & Streams, Threatened & Endangered Species, TN, VA