Iowa Fish Atlas

Native: Yes

State Rank: SX

ITIS Code: 163403          

National Rank:  N4

Global Rank: G4

Modeled By: Anna Loan-Wilsey

State Range:

The ironcolor shiner’s inclusion in the fish species list of Iowa is based on a collection of a specimen from the Cedar River near West Liberty, Iowa in 1892.  Since this was the only confirmed record of the ironcolor shiner, it is considered extirpated from the state (Harlan et al. 1987).

Habitat Affinities:

The ironcolor shiner is a common inhabitant of clear, acidic, tannin-stained, sluggish streams and rivers with low to moderate gradients, abundant vegetation and clean sandy bottoms (Lee et. al. 1980; Robison and Buchanan 1988).  It has occasionally been taken in soft-bottomed swamps adjacent to large rivers (Smith 1979).   In the Mississippi Alluvial Basin Aquatic Subregion, it is only found in clean, clear and calm ditches choked with submerged aquatic vegetation (Pflieger 1997). In Iowa, the ironcolor shiner was found in a vegetated reach of a large river with a mud and sand bottom (Harlan et al. 1987).

Predictive Model(s):

Statewide Model: Range Only

The distribution is based upon existing collection records.

No Prediction

Literature Cited:

Harlan, J.R., E.B. Speaker, and J. Mayhew.  1987.  Iowa fish and fishing. Iowa Conservation Commission, Des Moines, Iowa. 323pp.

Lee, D.S., C.R. Gilbert, C.H. Hocutt, R.E. Jenkins, D.E. McAllister, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr.  1980.  Atlas of North American freshwater fishes.  North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, North Carolina.  867 pp.

Pflieger, W.L.  1997.  The fishes of Missouri.  Missouri Department of Conservation, Jefferson City, Missouri.  372 pp.

Robison, H.W., and T.M. Buchanan. 1988.  Fishes of Arkansas.  University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, Arkansas.  536 pp.

Smith, P.W.  1979.  The fishes of Illinois.  University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois.  314 pp.

Data Sources:

Meek, S.E.  1892.  Report upon the fishes of Iowa, based upon observations and

collections mad during 1889, 1890, 1891.  Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 10(1890):217-248.

Additional References:

Albanese, B., and W.T. Slack.  1998.  Status of the ironcolor shiner, Notropis chalybaeus,

in Mississippi.  Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings (37):1-6.

Becker, G.C.  1983.  Fishes of Wisconsin.  University of Wisconsin Press, Madison. 1052

pp.

Clay, W.M.  1975.  The fishes of Kentucky.  Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Frankfort, Kentucky.  416 pp.

Cooper, E.L.  1983.  Fishes of Pennsylvania and the northeastern United States.  Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pennsylvania. 243 pp.

Cross, F.B., and J.T. Collins.  1975.  Fishes in Kansas.  University of Kansas  Publications,  Public Education Series No. 3, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.   189 pp.

Douglas, N.H.  1974.  Freshwater fishes of Louisiana.  Claitor’s Publishing Division, Sponsored by Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  443 pp.

Eddy, S., and J.C. Underhill.  1974.  Northern fishes; with special reference to the upper Mississippi Valley.  University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  414 pp.

Etnier, D.A., and W.E. Starnes.  1993.  The fishes of Tennessee.  University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee.  681 pp.

Herkert, J.R., editor.  1992.  Endangered and threatened species of Illinois: status and distribution. Volume 2: Animals.  Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board.  142 pp.

Jenkins, R.E., and N.M. Burkhead.  1994.  Freshwater fishes of Virginia.  American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.  1079 pp.

Kelly, G., editor.  1986.  Animal habitat relations handbook.  Missouri Department of Conservation and U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Jefferson City, Missouri.  293 pp.

Marshall, N.  1947.  Studies on the life history and ecology of Notropis chalybaeus (Cope).  Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Science 9(3-4):163-188.

Page, L.M., and B.M. Burr.  1991.  A field guide to freshwater fishes: North America north of Mexico.  Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts. 432 pp.

Pflieger, W.L.  1971.  A distributional study of Missouri fishes.  University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History  20(3):225-570.

Pflieger, W.L.  1989a.  Aquatic community classification system for Missouri.  Missouri Department of Conservation.  Jefferson City, Missouri.  Aquatic Series No. 19. 70 pp. plus Supplement.

Pflieger, W.L.  1989b.  The stream resources of Missouri.  D-J Project - F-1-R-28.  Study S-20.  Missouri Department of Conservation, Columbia, Missouri.  

Phillips, G.L., W.D. Schmid, and J.C. Underhill.  1982.  Fishes of the Minnesota region.  University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  248 pp.

Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea, and W.B. Scott.  1991.  Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada.  American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 20, Bethesda, Maryland. 183 pp.

Robison, H.W.  1974.  Threatened fishes of Arkansas.  Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 28:59-63.

Robison, H.W.  1977.  Distribution, habitat notes, and status of the ironcolor shiner, Notropis chalybaeus Cope, in Arkansas.  Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 31:92-94.

Smith, C.L.  1985.  The inland fishes of New York state.  New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, New York.  522 pp.

Thom, R.H., and J.H. Wilson.  1980.  The natural divisions of Missouri.  Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science  14:9-24.

Warren, M.L. Jr., B.M. Burr, S.J. Walsh, H.L. Bart Jr., R.C. Cashner, D.A. Etnier, B.J. Freeman, B.R. Kuhajda, R.L. Mayden, H.W. Robison, S.T. Ross, and W.C. Starnes.  2000.  Diversity, distribution, and conservation status of the native freshwater fishes of the southern United States.  Fisheries 25(10): 7-31.

Photo Credits:

Upper Left:       Photo courtesy of the Native Fish Conservancy, http://www.nativefish.org.

Upper Right:     Photo courtesy of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, http://www.dec.state.ny.us.