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Sacramento blackfish (Orthodon microlepidotus)
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Ecological Illustration of Sacramento blackfish (Orthodon microlepidotus)
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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

Sacramento blackfish is a freshwater fish from North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 55 cm.

Body shape
fusiform
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