Menidia extensa

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII ATHERINIFORMES ATHERINIDAE

Scientific Name: Menidia extensa
Species Authority: Hubbs & Raney, 1946
Common Name/s:
English – Waccamaw Silverside

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable   D2   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s Gimenez Dixon, M.
History:
1994 – Vulnerable (IUCN)
1990 – Vulnerable (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Vulnerable
1986 – Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Endemic to Lake Waccamaw, a shallow coastal plain lake in Columbus County, southeastern North Carolina.
Countries:
Native:
United States (North Carolina)

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater
Citation: Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Menidia extensa. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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