WoRMS taxon details
Rhinichthys obtusus Agassiz, 1854
593229 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:593229)
accepted
Species
Rhinichthys meleagris Agassiz, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
Agassiz, L. (1854). Notice of a collection of fishes from the southern bend of the Tennessee River, in the State of Alabama. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts (Series 2).</em> v. 17: 297-308, 353-365. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Rhinichthys obtusus Agassiz, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593229 on 2026-01-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Agassiz, L. (1854). Notice of a collection of fishes from the southern bend of the Tennessee River, in the State of Alabama. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts (Series 2).</em> v. 17: 297-308, 353-365. [details]
original description (of Rhinichthys meleagris Agassiz, 1854) Agassiz, L. (1854). Notice of a collection of fishes from the southern bend of the Tennessee River, in the State of Alabama. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts (Series 2).</em> v. 17: 297-308, 353-365. [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]
original description (of Rhinichthys meleagris Agassiz, 1854) Agassiz, L. (1854). Notice of a collection of fishes from the southern bend of the Tennessee River, in the State of Alabama. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts (Series 2).</em> v. 17: 297-308, 353-365. [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 | Western blacknose dace | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (221 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhinichthys obtusus)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinichthys meleagris Agassiz, 1854)
To GenBank (219 nucleotides; 227 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinichthys meleagris USNM 120291 syntype photograph largest specimen dorsal view) (from synonym Rhinichthys meleagris Agassiz, 1854)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinichthys meleagris USNM 120291 syntype photograph largest specimen ventral view) (from synonym Rhinichthys meleagris Agassiz, 1854)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhinichthys obtusus)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinichthys meleagris Agassiz, 1854)
To GenBank (219 nucleotides; 227 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinichthys meleagris USNM 120291 syntype photograph largest specimen dorsal view) (from synonym Rhinichthys meleagris Agassiz, 1854)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinichthys meleagris USNM 120291 syntype photograph largest specimen ventral view) (from synonym Rhinichthys meleagris Agassiz, 1854)
To ITIS
