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Common Name: longnose shiner
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Page and Burr (1991); Mettee et al. (1996).
Size: 6.5 cm.
Native Range: Gulf Slope drainage from Apalachicola River, Georgia and Florida, to Mississippi River, Louisiana (except Mobile Bay); north in Mississippi River basin to Big Black River, Mississippi, and lower Ouachita River drainage, Louisiana (Page and Burr 1991).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: This species was recently discovered in Tussahaw Creek above Lake Jackson in the Ocmulgee River system (Atlantic Slope), Georgia (Bart et al. 1994).
Means of Introduction: Unknown; possible bait bucket introduction. Bart et al. (1994) suggested that Tussahaw Creek may be the point of entry of this species into the Ocmulgee River system and that Lake Jackson is currently preventing its dispersal to other parts of the water system.
Status: Reported from Georgia.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: Tussahaw Creek is the only known record of this species in the Ocmulgee River system. That record is based on six specimens taken by Georgia Department of Natural Resources' personnel (Bart et al. 1994). There is a questionable previous report of this species from the Altamaha drainage (which includes the Ocmulgee) by Ramsey (1965), but his report was not based on museum specimens (Bart et al. 1994). Dahlberg and Scott (1971a) also included this species, perhaps on the basis of Ramsey's report, but with no details. This species was not reported in surveys conducted in this area during the late 1970s (Bart et al. 1994). The native population east of the Mobile Bay basin are genetically distinct from those found elsewhere and probably represent an undescribed species. In terms of external morphology, however, the eastern Gulf slope population seems to be totally indistinguishable from specimens taken from other areas (Gilbert 1998).
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Leo Nico
Revision Date: 12/5/2003 Citation for this information:
Leo Nico. 2009. Notropis longirostris. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=599> Revision Date: 12/5/2003
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