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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.
Upstream from the dam the river has silted, but islands have formed downstream, with the river cutting relatively deep and narrow channels with faster-moving water. This has caused a problem for fish such as the Rio Grande silvery minnow. [7] This fish used to be one of the most common fish in the river.
For the first time in four decades, the Rio Grande went dry in Albuquerque, New Mexico, last week. Miles of habitat for many endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow — a shimmery, pinky-sized native ...
Water managers and fish biologists at the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District and the Bureau of Reclamation say they're working to mitigate the effects on the endangered silvery minnow — a ...
Along the sinuous course of the Rio Grande and Pecos rivers, the Rio Grande silvery minnow tells a tale of dwindling waters and rising temperatures. Once spanning vast stretches of these majestic ...
The Fish and Wildlife Service received a court order to accept the Department of Interior's Rio Grande silvery minnow Recovery Plan and to conduct an Environmental Impact Statement for this stretch of the river. The critical habitat designation was challenged in court by the Middle Rio Grande Conservation District, but was upheld on appeal.
This has caused problems for fish such as the Rio Grande silvery minnow. [15] This fish used to be one of the most common fish in the river. The diversion dams have cut its habitat into four separate segments. It is now classified as endangered and its population continues to decline. [16]