WoRMS taxon details
Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)
881380 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:881380)
accepted
Species
Hybopsis haematurus Cope, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hybopsis tuditanus Cope, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hyborhynchus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Hyborhynchus superciliosus Cope, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Minnilus notatus Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Spinicephalus fibulatus Lesueur, 1896 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
(of Minnilus notatus Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 5]. <em>Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY.</em> v. 2 (no. 4): 235-242. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881380 on 2025-12-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hybopsis haematurus Cope, 1867) Cope, E. D. (1867). Synopsis of the Cyprinidae of Pennsylvania. Also includes: Supplement on some new species of American and African fishes (pp. 400-407). Supplementary synopsis of the esoces of Middle North America (pp. 407-410). <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> v. 13 (pt 3) (art. 13): 351-410, Pls. 10-13.
page(s): 382, Pl. 12 (fig. 4) [details]
original description (of Hybopsis tuditanus Cope, 1867) Cope, E. D. (1867). Synopsis of the Cyprinidae of Pennsylvania. Also includes: Supplement on some new species of American and African fishes (pp. 400-407). Supplementary synopsis of the esoces of Middle North America (pp. 407-410). <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> v. 13 (pt 3) (art. 13): 351-410, Pls. 10-13.
page(s): 381 [details]
original description (of Minnilus notatus Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 5]. <em>Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY.</em> v. 2 (no. 4): 235-242. [details]
original description (of Hyborhynchus superciliosus Cope, 1868) Cope, E. D. (1868). On the distribution of fresh-water fishes in the Allegheny region of southwestern Virginia. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Second series.</em> v. 6 (pt 3) (art. 5): 207-247, Pls. 26-28 [wrongly as 22-24]. [Table of contents dates part 3 as Jan 1869, but separates were made available to author in Dec. 1868. This is volume 19, second series volume 6.].
page(s): 234, Pl. [23] 27 (figs. 4, 4a) [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 382, Pl. 12 (fig. 4) [details]
original description (of Hybopsis tuditanus Cope, 1867) Cope, E. D. (1867). Synopsis of the Cyprinidae of Pennsylvania. Also includes: Supplement on some new species of American and African fishes (pp. 400-407). Supplementary synopsis of the esoces of Middle North America (pp. 407-410). <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> v. 13 (pt 3) (art. 13): 351-410, Pls. 10-13.
page(s): 381 [details]
original description (of Minnilus notatus Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 5]. <em>Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY.</em> v. 2 (no. 4): 235-242. [details]
original description (of Hyborhynchus superciliosus Cope, 1868) Cope, E. D. (1868). On the distribution of fresh-water fishes in the Allegheny region of southwestern Virginia. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Second series.</em> v. 6 (pt 3) (art. 5): 207-247, Pls. 26-28 [wrongly as 22-24]. [Table of contents dates part 3 as Jan 1869, but separates were made available to author in Dec. 1868. This is volume 19, second series volume 6.].
page(s): 234, Pl. [23] 27 (figs. 4, 4a) [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | bluntnose minnow | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (329 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pimephales notatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Hybopsis haematurus Cope, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Hybopsis tuditanus Cope, 1867)
To Fishbase (from synonym Minnilus notatus Rafinesque, 1820)
To FishBase
To Fishbase (from synonym Hyborhynchus superciliosus Cope, 1868)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (447 nucleotides; 424 proteins)
To GenBank (447 nucleotides; 424 proteins) (from synonym Minnilus notatus Rafinesque, 1820)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pimephales notatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Hybopsis haematurus Cope, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Hybopsis tuditanus Cope, 1867)
To Fishbase (from synonym Minnilus notatus Rafinesque, 1820)
To FishBase
To Fishbase (from synonym Hyborhynchus superciliosus Cope, 1868)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (447 nucleotides; 424 proteins)
To GenBank (447 nucleotides; 424 proteins) (from synonym Minnilus notatus Rafinesque, 1820)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
