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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataTeleosteiCypriniformesLeuciscidaeChrosomus

Southern Redbelly Dace
Chrosomus erythrogaster (Rafinesque, 1820)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Teleostei
Order Cypriniformes
Family Leuciscidae
Genus Chrosomus
Species Chrosomus erythrogaster (Rafinesque, 1820)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Alabama.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama

Counties

Alabama
Lawrence

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2013.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Colorado
S1 Critically Imperiled
South Dakota
S1 Critically Imperiled
Missouri
SNR Unranked
Wyoming
SNA Not Applicable
Oklahoma
SNR Unranked
New Mexico
S1 Critically Imperiled
Kansas
S2 Imperiled
Illinois
S4 Apparently Secure
Ohio
S5 Secure
Minnesota
SNR Unranked
Wisconsin
S5 Secure
Kentucky
S4 Apparently Secure
Pennsylvania
S2 Imperiled
West Virginia
S2 Imperiled
Iowa
S4 Apparently Secure
Tennessee
S5 Secure
Alabama
S3 Vulnerable
Arkansas
S4 Apparently Secure
Michigan
S1 Critically Imperiled
Indiana
S4 Apparently Secure
Mississippi
S2 Imperiled

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Ray, C.K., Tan, M. & Armbruster, J.W. 2014. First record of Chrosomus erythrogaster (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in the Mobile Basin. Southeastern Naturalist 13: N33-N36. doi:10.1656/058.013.0402

How to cite this account

Chrosomus erythrogaster (Rafinesque, 1820). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2304. https://cavebiology.org/species/chrosomus-erythrogaster/ (accessed 6 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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