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Cyprinidae
Northern redbelly dace
Chrosomus eos
An Upturned Mouth Leads a Rounded Snout
- Red
- Temperate
- Upper river
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- Small
- Temperate fish
Red
Temperate
Regional distribution
SmallNorthern redbelly dace is a freshwater fish of North America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 8 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Chrosomus
- Maximum length
- 8 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: Atlantic, Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, and upper Mississippi, Missouri and Peace-Mackenzie River drainages, from Nova Scotia west to Northwest Territories and British Columbia in Canada; south to northern Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Nebraska in USA. Isolated population in South Platte River system in Colorado, USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
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