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Cyprinidae
Southern redbelly dace
Chrosomus erythrogaster
Males have red belly and fins
- Red
- Temperate
- Upper river
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Small
- Temperate fish
Red
Temperate
Regional distribution
SmallSouthern redbelly dace is a freshwater fish of North America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 9.1 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Chrosomus
- Maximum length
- 9.1 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: Basins of Lakes Erie and Michigan and Mississippi River from New York to Minnesota, south to Tennessee River drainage in Albama, and White and Arkansas River drainages in Arizona and Oklahoma, USA. Isolated populations on Former Mississippi Embayment in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas; Kansas River system in Kansas; and upper Arkansas River drainage in Colorado and New Mexico, USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
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