Northern pearl dace

Margariscus nachtriebi

Sixteen Centimeters Carp from North American Waters

Temperate
Upper river
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Atlantic Ocean
North America
Elongated
Medium
Temperate fish

The northern pearl dace (Margariscus nachtriebi) is a freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It occurs in Atlantic, Hudson Bay, Great Lakes, and Mississippi River basins in the northern United States and Canada. Its preferred habitat is cool, clear headwater streams, bog drainage streams, ponds and small lakes, and in stained, peaty waters of beaver ponds, usually over sand or gravel.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Margariscus
Maximum length: 16 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: North America: Atlantic, Hudson Bay, Great Lakes, and Mississippi River basins in south Canada and north USA from Atlantic Coast to south Northwest Territories, east British Columbia, and Montana; south to New York, Wisconsin and Iowa. Isolated population in upper Missouri River basin in South Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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