Cyprinidae

Riffle minnow

Phenacobius catostomus

Carp Recorded in North American Waters

• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• North America
• West Asia
• Elongated
• Small
• Temperate fish

The riffle minnow (Phenacobius catostomus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It inhabits riffles in warm streams of medium to large size, in the states of Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, above the Fall Line. Long and slender, it averages about 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) in length.