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Cyprinidae
Pugnose minnow
Opsopoeodus emiliae
Male nudges female to stimulate spawning
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- West Asia
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallPugnose minnow is a freshwater fish of North America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 6.6 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Opsopoeodus
- Maximum length
- 6.6 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: Edisto River drainage in South Carolina to southern Florida and across Gulf Slope to Nueces River drainage in Texas, USA; north in Mississippi River and Great Lakes basins to southeastern Kansas, southeastern Minnesota, USA, and southern Ontario, Canada. The subspecies were previously recognized: Opsopoeodus emiliae peninsularis in peninsular Florida and Opsopoeodus emiliae emiliae in rest of range except where intergrades occur (southern Georgia and northeastern Florida west to Ochlockonee River).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
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