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Cyprinidae
Woundfin
Plagopterus argentissimus
Breeding males with pink lower sides
- Temperate
- Lower river
- Northern Hemisphere
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Fusiform
- Small
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
SmallWoundfin is a freshwater fish found around North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 10 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Plagopterus
- Maximum length
- 10 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- North America: Virgin and Gila River systems (both lower Colorado River drainage) in Utah, Nevada and Arizona, USA. Extant only in Gila River system.
- Conservation status
- CRCritically Endangered
Class
Family
Conservation status
