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Cyprinidae
Colorado Pikeminnow
Ptychocheilus lucius
One Hundred Eighty Centimeters Carp from North American Waters
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Elongated
- Large
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
LargeColorado Pikeminnow is a freshwater fish found around North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 180 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Ptychocheilus
- Maximum length
- 180 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- North America: Colorado River drainage in USA (Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California) and Mexico. Now mostly restricted to Utah and Colorado; and extirpated from the southern portion of the range by the construction of large dams.
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Family
Conservation status
