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Cyprinidae
splittail
Pogonichthys macrolepidotus
White nodules on head and fins
- Temperate
- Lower river
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- North America
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Mediumsplittail is known around North America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 44 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Pogonichthys
- Maximum length
- 44 cm
- Distribution
- North America: formerly throughout the Sacramento-San Joaquin River drainage in California, USA; now mostly in San Francisco Bay Delta and lower Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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