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What We Know About Minnesota's First Endangered Fish Species: The Topeka Shiner, Jay T. Hatch
What We Know About Minnesota's First Endangered Fish Species: The Topeka Shiner, Jay T. Hatch
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
The Topeka shiner, Notropis topeka, is the first of Minnesota's native ichthyofauna to be classified as federally endangered. The species is in serious decline in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa but is far more common in Minnesota than once was thought. At present, it is known from 89 sites in 17 streams of the Missouri River Drainage. Topeka shiners are multiple-clutch spawning nest associates of sunfishes and reproduce over an eight- to ten-week period between late May and early August. Mean clutch size is 261 to 284. Longevity is three years. Males grow faster than females, reaching longer mean total …