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Cyprinidae
Sacramento blackfish
Orthodon microlepidotus
Spindle body ninety lateral scales
- Black
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- North America
- Fusiform
- Large
- Temperate fish
Black
Temperate
Regional distribution
Fusiform
LargeSacramento blackfish is a freshwater fish from North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 55 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Orthodon
- Maximum length
- 55 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- North America: Sacramento-San Joaquin, Pajaro and Salinas River drainages; Clear Lake in California, USA; also Russian River, where possibly introduced; introduced to Santa Ana River in California and Humboldt River system in Nevada.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
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