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Cyprinidae
Cypress minnow
Hybognathus hayi
Dark scale margins form diamond patterns
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Small
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallCypress minnow is a freshwater fish found around North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 12 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Hybognathus
- Maximum length
- 12 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: Ohio and Mississippi River basins from southwestern Indiana and southern Illinois to Louisiana, USA; Gulf Slope drainages from Escambia River in Florida and Alabama, to Sabine River in Texas, USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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