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speckled dac (Rhinichthys osculus)
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Cyprinidae

speckled dac

Rhinichthys osculus

Fleshy Sucker Lips Below a Head Hump

  • Temperate
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • North America
  • Elongated
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Temperate fish

speckled dac is known from North America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Maximum length
11 cm
Water
Freshwater
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
North America: western drainages (Pacific and endorheic) from Columbia River in British Columbia, Canada to Colorado River in Arizona and New Mexico, USA and south into Sonora, Mexico.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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