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Cyprinidae
Tonguetied minnow
Exoglossum laurae
Purple spots on dark gray
- Temperate
- Upper river
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Elongated
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
MediumTonguetied minnow is known from North America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Exoglossum
- Maximum length
- 16 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- North America: 3 areas of the upper Ohio River basin in USA: upper Allegheny River drainage in New York and Pennsylvania, and upper Genesee River (Lake Ontario drainage) in New York and Pennsylvania; upper New River drainage in West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina; and Great Miami and Little Miami River systems in Ohio.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
