Fathead Minnow
Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820
Also calledAmerikaanse dikkop-elrits (nld) · Amerikanische Dickkopfelritze (deu) · Amerikanische Elritze (deu) · Dickkopf-Elritze (deu) · Dikkopelrits (nld) · Fettköpfige Elritze (deu) · Melnais resngalvis (lav) · Méné à grosse tête (fra) · Tyrehoved (dan) · Tête de boule (fra) · Tête de boule, Vairon canadien (fra) · Vairon américain (fra) · amerikaanse elrits, amerikaanse dikkop-elrits (nld) · carpita cabezona (spa)
First described in: Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 6]. <em>Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY.</em> v. 2 (no. 5): 299-307.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Common name. Fathead minnow Taxonomy. Original description: Pimephales promelas Rafinesque 1820: 299 [Pond near Lexington, Kentucky, U. S. A; holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown]. Revisions. None. Illustrations. None.
Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022)
discussion
Remarks. No recent report of this fish is available, its presence for Iran needs confirmation by specimen.
Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022)
distribution
Distribution in Iran. — Distribution in River Basin: Namak Lake. — Distribution in Ecoregions: 447 - Namak. Status in Iran. [Exotic]. — None. — Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018) and Eagderi et al. (2022). — Iran material: None. Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).
Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022)
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2367742.