Five Natural Hybrid Combinations in Minnows (Cyprinidae)Cross, Frank B. (Frank Bernard)
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Five Natural Hybrid Combinations in Minnows (Cyprinidae)
Cross, Frank B. (Frank Bernard)
Cyprinidae
_Notropis venustus_ hybridizes extensively with _N. lutrensis_ (Hubbs,
Kuehne, and Ball, 1953:226-230; Hubbs and Strawn, 1956), and that
combination occurs in streams near the locality where KU 3516 was taken.
KU 3516 resembles _N. lutrensis_ × _N. v. venustus_ in many ways, but is
more slender than the latter hybrid. The depth of head, body, and caudal
peduncle are greater in _N. lutrensis_ than in _N. venustus_ (much
greater than in _N. whipplei_); therefore, specimens of _N. lutrensis_
× _N. venustus_ are usually deeper than _N. venustus_, whereas KU 3516
is less deep. KU 3516 has a rather sharp snout and thin, straight lips
that are strongly suggestive of _N. whipplei_, rather than _N.
lutrensis_, in which the snout is rounded and the lips are more
obliquely decurved. There is less pigment underlying the anterior
lateral-line scales in KU 3516 than in _N. lutrensis_ × _N. venustus_,
and melanophores on the scale-pockets of KU 3516 are arranged in
narrower, more distinct submarginal bars than in _N. lutrensis_ × _N.
venustus_. Because of the difference in pigmentation, the lateral scales
of _N. whipplei_ (and of KU 3516) appear more narrowly diamond-shaped
than the lateral scales of _N. lutrensis_ or _N. lutrensis_ × _N.
venustus_. The lengths and heights of the scales are approximately the
same in all three species.
Winters Creek, where KU 3516 was taken, flowed approximately five cubic
feet per second at the time our collection was made; a landowner on the
stream stated that it had been dry, except for pools, in the previous
two summers. The water was somewhat gray, but nearly clear. The habitat
consisted mainly of short riffles, with average depth of four inches,
and pools to depths of two feet. Twelve species of fish, including _N.
whipplei_ but not _N. lutrensis_ or _N. venustus_, were found; other
minnows were _Semotilus atromaculatus_, _N. chalybaeus_, _N. cornutus_,
_N. umbratilis_, and _Campostoma anomalum_.
LITERATURE CITED
EVANS, H. E., and DEUBLER, JR., E. E.
1955. Pharyngeal tooth replacement in _Semotilus atromaculatus_
and _Clinostomus elongatus_, two species of cyprinid
fishes. Copeia, 1955 (1):31-41, February 18.
GIBBS, JR., R. H.
1957a. Cyprinid fishes of the Subgenus _Cyprinella_ of
_Notropis_. III. Variation and subspecies of _Notropis
venustus_ (Girard). Tulane Studies in Zoology,
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1957b. Cyprinid fishes of the Subgenus _Cyprinella_ of
_Notropis_. I. Systematic status of the Subgenus
_Cyprinella_, with a key to the species exclusive of the
_lutrensis-ornatus_ complex. Copeia, 1957(3):185-195,
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HUBBS, C. L.
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