Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Hrabik, Robert A., Author; Originator: Missouri Department of Conservation, Author; Publication_Date: 1996 Title: Taxonomic and distributional status of Notropis volucellus and Notropis wickliffi in the Mississippi River drainage: A literature review Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Technical report Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Onalaska, Wisc. Publisher: National Biological Service, Environmental Management Technical Center Other_Citation_Details: Extent of Item: 15 p. Date as Writen: July 1996 Illustrative Matter: Diagrams Illustrative Matter: Tables Series Title, Subtitle and Numbering as it appears on item: Long Term Resource Monitoring Program Special Report 96-S001 Notes: (Data entered via BMDB Web Input Form, #B605) Description: Abstract: Notropis volucellus was described in 1864 and underwent a confusing taxonomic synonymy with Notropis blennius. By the 1930s, N. volucellus was recognized as a full species with three subspecies. The subspecies N. v. wickliffi was described in 1931 but was not generally recognized as a full species until 1991. Notropis volucellus is widely distributed in the Mississippi River drainage, where it may be found in large creeks and rivers. Notropis wickliffi inhabits large Midwestern rivers from Louisiana to Wisconsin to Pennsylvania. In the Upper Mississippi River, N. volucellus and N. wickliffi occur sympatrically. Biologists with the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) initially identified N. wickliffi as N. volucellus. I began examining LTRMP voucher specimens in 1991 and determined that specimens from Pool 13 to the Mississippi River's confluence with the Ohio River identified as N. volucellus were actually N. wickliffi. Above Pool 13, cursory separation of N. wickliffi from N. volucellus becomes increasingly difficult. Specimens from Pool 8 were mostly N. wickliffi, but several appeared to be intergrades. The purpose of this literature review is to describe the taxonomic and distributional status of N. volucellus and N. wickliffi in the Mississippi River drainage and to present supporting biological information that may help to define the taxonomy and distribution of both species. Purpose: Reporting results of research. Supplemental_Information: This metadata file can be found at: ; (text format) ; (HTML format) ; (SGML format) Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1996 Currentness_Reference: No information provided Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Unknown. This information is not normally part of a publication bibliographic record. The coordinates provided below are default coordinates which cover the United States including Alaska and Hawaii. 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