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Cyprinidae
Mountain redbelly dace
Chrosomus oreas
Males red on gill and fins
- Red
- Temperate
- Upper river
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- Small
- Temperate fish
Red
Temperate
Regional distribution
SmallMountain redbelly dace is a freshwater fish found around North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 7.2 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Chrosomus
- Maximum length
- 7.2 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: Mountain and Piedmont regions of Atlantic Slope from Shenandoah River (Potomac River drainage) in Virginia to Neuse River drainage in North Carolina, USA; upper New River drainage in West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina, USA. Introduced into the upper Holston River system in Virginia, and Big Sandy River system in Kentucky.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
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