| Family: |
Leuciscidae (Minnows), subfamily: Pogonichthyinae |
| Max. size: |
23 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 4 years |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
North America: Lake Erie drainage; Red River drainage from Manitoba, Canada south to Minnesota, USA; Mississippi River basin in Pennsylvania and West Virginia west to Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma, and south to Gulf Coast; Gulf drainages from Mobile Bay drainage in Alabama to Lake Pontchartrain drainages in Louisiana, USA; isolated population in Brazos River in Texas, USA. |
| Diagnosis: |
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| Biology: |
Inhabits sand-, silt-, and sometimes gravel-bottomed pools and backwaters of small to large rivers as well as lakes (Ref. 86798). Oviparous, open substratum spawners (Ref. 205, 10294, 52559). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 01 March 2012 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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