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The Rio Grande silvery minnow is one of the most endangered fish in North America, according to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). They were classified as endangered in the U.S. in 1994, and now are found in less than 5 percent of their natural habitat in the Rio Grande. Historically, the minnow was found from Española, New Mexico ...
Algoma Girard, 1856. Tirodon Hay, 1882. Hybognathus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. Its members are collectively known as the silvery minnows. Hybognathus are pelagophils that are native to North America. The populations of such pelagophils, including species of Hybognathus, continue to decrease in their natural habitats.
Bureau of Reclamation, called Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Keys [a] in its earlier phases, was a case launched in 1999 by a group of environmentalists against the United States Bureau of Reclamation and the United States Army Corps of Engineers alleging violations of the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.
In English, Rio Grande is pronounced either / ˈriːoʊ ˈɡrænd / or / ˈriːoʊ ˈɡrɑːndeɪ /. In Mexico, it is known as Río Bravo or Río Bravo del Norte, bravo meaning (among other things) "furious", "agitated" or "wild". Historically, the Pueblo and Navajo peoples also have had names for the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo:
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The plains minnow is a large minnow in the family Cyprinidae that averages 127 millimetres (5 in) in total length. Their colors range from brown to olive dorsally, silver laterally, and white ventrally. The plains minnow has between 34 and 42 scales and possesses a stripe along the lateral line. The plains minnow has a slightly compressed body ...
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The Tamaulipan mezquital (Spanish: Mezquital Tamaulipeco), also known as the Brush Country, is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion in the Southern United States and northeastern Mexico. It covers an area of 141,500 km 2 (54,600 sq mi), [2] encompassing a portion of the Gulf Coastal Plain in southern Texas, northern Tamaulipas, northeastern ...