Cypress minnow (Hybognathus hayi)

Scientific name: Hybognathus hayi Jordan, 1885

Cypress minnow (Hybognathus hayi)

The Cypress minnow (Hybognathus hayi) is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.

Biology

Adults occur usually over mud and near detritus in swamps, oxbows, and backwaters and pools of sluggish streams. Oviparous, probably open substratum spawners like congeners.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Hybognathus hayi
Family
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)
Order
Cypriniformes (Carps)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
12.0
Environment
Freshwater; demersal
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
North America: Ohio and Mississippi River basins from southwestern Indiana and southern Illinois to Gulf; Gulf Slope drainages from Escambia River in Florida and Alabama, to Sabine River in Texas, USA (absent in Perdido and Pascagoula River drainages).
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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