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Cyprinidae
Slim minnow
Pimephales tenellus
Orange dorsal anal and caudal fins
- Temperate
- Lower river
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Small
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallSlim minnow is a freshwater fish from North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 7 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Pimephales
- Maximum length
- 7 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: in southern Missouri, eastern Kansas, Arkansas and northeastern Oklahoma, USA. Previously, 2 subspecies were recognized: Pimephales tenellus parviceps in the Castor, St. Francis, Black, White, lower Kansas, Ouachita and Little River systems; Pimephales tenellus tenellus in the Arkansas River drainage west of Arkansas-Oklahoma state line.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
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