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12-22-2016

Meda fulgida

Meda fulgida NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.

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FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video. The spikedace is an endangered species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Arizona and New Mexico in the United States. It lives in fast-moving streams. The maximum length of the spikedace rarely exceeds 7.5 cm. It usually has a slender body, with a somewhat compressed front, and is strongly compressed at the caudal peduncle, with a fairly pointed snout and contains a slightly subterminal mouth with large eyes. The dorsal fin origin is behind the pelvic fin origin. The scales are present only as small, deeply embedded plates. The first spinous ray of the dorsal fin is the strongest and most sharp-pointed. The spikedace has seven dorsal fin-rays and typically 9 anal fin-rays

Meda fulgida Girard, is a small, laterally compressed obligate stream cyprinid that reaches a maximum total length of 68-70 mm (U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1990; Minckley, 1973). Scales on this species are markedly reduced and deeply embedded, the eyes relatively large and mouth terminal.

Detailed information
Full Name: spikedace (Meda fulgida)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Fishes
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 07/01/1986 Southwest Region (Region 2) Wherever found
  • States/US Territories in which the spikedace, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: Arizona , New Mexico
  • US Counties in which the spikedace, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: View All
  • Countries in which the the spikedace, Wherever found is known to occur: Mexico
Federal register documents
Date
Citation Page
Title
02/23/2012 77 FR 10810 10932 Endangered Status and Designations of Critical Habitat for Spikedace and Loach Minnow: Final rule.
10/04/2011 76 FR 61330 61339 Endangered Status and Designation of Critical Habitat for Spikedace and Loach Minnow; Revised Proposed Rule:Proposed rule; revision and reopening of the comment period.
10/28/2010 75 FR 66482 66552 Endangered Status and Designation of Critical Habitat for Spikedace and Loach Minnow;Proposed Rule
03/29/2010 75 FR 15454 15456 5-Year Status Reviews of 14 Southwestern Species
11/09/2009 74 FR 57804 57878 Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions
12/10/2008 73 FR 75176 75244 Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions; Proposed Rule
12/06/2007 72 FR 69034 69106 Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions; Proposed Rule
04/23/2007 72 FR 20134 20136 5-Year Reviews of 24 Southwestern Species
03/21/2007 72 FR 13356 13422 Designation of Critical Habitat for the Spikedace (Meda fulgida) and the Loach Minnow (Tiaroga cobitis); Final Rule
09/12/2006 71 FR 53756 53835 Review of Native Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions
Recovery
To learn more about critical habitat please see http://ecos.fws.gov/crithab
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
09/30/1991 Spikedace Recovery Plan View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Citation Page
Title
07/01/1986 51 FR 23769 23781 Determination of Thr. Status for Spikedace; 51 FR 23769-23781
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
09/30/1991 Spikedace Recovery Plan View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
03/29/2010 75 FR 15454 15456 5-Year Status Reviews of 14 Southwestern Species
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
04/23/2007 72 FR 20134 20136 5-Year Reviews of 24 Southwestern Species
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
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