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Margined Madtom

Noturus insignis

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 123, February 148, March 137, April 220, May 221, June 133, July 107, August 101, September 130, October 128, November 99, December 114.
United States5,806
North Carolina1,662
New York831
Virginia819
Canada666
Ontario634
Pennsylvania515
South Carolina482
Maryland434
West Virginia313

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
OrderCatfishes · Siluriformes
FamilyNorth American Freshwater Catfishes · Ictaluridae
GenusMadtoms · Noturus

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