Spotted sucker (Minytrema melanops) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 1

COSEWIC Assessment Summary

Assessment Summary – May 2005

Common name : Spotted sucker

Scientific name : Minytrema melanops

Status : Special Concern

Reason for designation : This freshwater fish species is restricted to southwestern Ontario. The greatest threat to this species is habitat degradation through increased erosion and turbidity. The species is also at risk in Pennsylvania but not at risk in Michigan (where it is S3-vulnerable), making rescue effect moderate at best.

Occurrence : Ontario

Status history : Designated Special Concern in April 1983. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1994, November 2001 and May 2005. Last assessment based on an update status report.

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