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Desert Speckled Dace

Rhinichthys nevadensis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 13, February 11, March 11, April 14, May 14, June 10, July 9, August 9, September 11, October 11, November 15, December 11.
United States239
California139
Nevada100

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderMinnows, Suckers, Carps, and Loaches · Cypriniformes
FamilyTrue Minnows · Leuciscidae
GenusRiffle Daces · Rhinichthys

Sources

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Practise Desert Speckled Dace with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.