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Length: 6 cm

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Etheostoma spectabile:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 80
Specimens with Barcodes: 86
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Maximum size: 72 mm TL

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IUCN Red List Assessment:
Red List Category

LC
Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version

3.1

Year Assessed

2013

Assessor/s

NatureServe

Reviewer/s

Smith, K. & Darwall, W.R.T.

Contributor/s

Justification

Listed as Least Concern in view of the large extent of occurrence, large number of subpopulations, large population size, apparently stable trend, and lack of major threats.
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Max. size:

7.2 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5723))

  • Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr 1991 A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)
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Rights holder/AuthorRainer Froese, FishBase
Sourcehttp://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3468

National NatureServe Conservation Status:
United States

Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure

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Paralectotype; Paralectotype for Poecilichthys spectabilis Agassiz
Catalog Number: USNM 196738
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): G. Stolley
Year Collected: 1853
Locality: Mo.: Osage River, Missouri, United States, North America

  • Paralectotype: Collette, B. B. & Knapp, L. W. 1967. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 119 (3550): 67.; Collette, B. B. & Knapp, L. W. 1967. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 119 (3550): 67.; Paralectotype: Collette, B. B. & Knapp, L. W. 1967. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 119 (3550): 67.; Collette, B. B. & Knapp, L. W. 1967. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 119 (3550): 67.
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Sourcehttp://collections.mnh.si.edu/search/fishes/?irn=5058274

NatureServe Conservation Status:

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

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Paralectotype; Paralectotype for Poecilichthys spectabilis Agassiz
Catalog Number: USNM 120284
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): G. Stolley
Year Collected: 1853
Locality: Mo.: Osage River, Missouri, United States, North America

  • Paralectotype: Collette, B. B. & Knapp, L. W. 1967. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 119 (3550): 67.; Collette, B. B. & Knapp, L. W. 1967. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 119 (3550): 67.; Paralectotype: Collette, B. B. & Knapp, L. W. 1967. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 119 (3550): 67.; Collette, B. B. & Knapp, L. W. 1967. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 119 (3550): 67.
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Sourcehttp://collections.mnh.si.edu/search/fishes/?irn=5038728

Population:

Population

This species is represented by a large number of occurrences (subpopulations).

Total adult population size is unknown but very large. This species is abundant in much of its range.

Trend over the past 10 years or three generations is uncertain but likely relatively stable.

Population Trend

Stable
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