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Cyprinidae
Blacknose Shiner
Notropis heterolepis
Nine Point Eight Centimeters Carp of North American Waters
- Black
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- Small
- Temperate fish
Black
Temperate
Regional distribution
SmallThe blacknose shiner (Notropis heterolepis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This species is found in North America.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Notropis
- Maximum length
- 9.8 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: Atlantic, Great Lakes, Hudson Bay and Mississippi River basins from Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan in Canada, south to Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas in the USA. Common in some parts of range but disappearing from southern part.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
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