Scientific Name
Hemitremia flammea

Common Name
Flame chub

Biology
Found in springs and spring-fed streams, usually over gravel (Ref. 5723, 10294). Feed on midge larvae supplemented with isopods, oligochaetes, hemipterans, and snails (Ref. 10294).

Classification

Classified By

Jordan & Gilbert, 1878

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Carps (Cypriniformes)

Family

Minnows or carps (Cyprinidae)

Distribution

Region

North America

Distribution

North America: found in the middle Cumberland (mostly Caney Fork) and Tennessee River drainages in Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, USA; also in Kelley Creek (in the Coosa River system) in northeastern Alabama, USA.

Range

37°N - 33°N

Environment

Climate

Temperate

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

Unknown m

Depth To - meters

Unknown m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Freshwater; demersal

Trophic Level

3.23 s.e. 0.45 Based on food items.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

False

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

True

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

7.8 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 1.0000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (15 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Data deficient (DD)