Paranotropis volucellus (Cope, 1865)
Mimic Shiner

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Federal Protection: No US federal protection

State Protection: No Georgia state protection

Global Rank: G5

State Rank: S1

Element Locations Tracked in Biotics: Yes

SWAP 2015 Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN): No

SWAP 2025 Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN): Yes

2025 SGCN Priority Tier: Data Deficient

Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 6

Habitat Summary for element in Georgia: Streams, rivers, and lakes

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SWAP 2025 Threat Matrix

	Threat 1	Threat 2	Threat 3
General Threat	Pollution	Pollution	None
Specific Threat	Agricultural & forestry effluents	Domestic & urban waste water	None

SWAP 2025 Conservation Actions:

• Action 1: Provide technical and financial assistance to farmers/landowners to protect stream buffers and wetlands, minimize runoff of sediment and pollutants, and protect habitat from livestock trampling
• Action 2: Complete a distributional survey to assess current range, conservation status or to identify best populations

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