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Zope

Ballerus ballerus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 345, February 255, March 399, April 628, May 905, June 987, July 1,056, August 908, September 667, October 498, November 272, December 213.
United States7,133
Alaska7,133
Russia22
Ukraine15
Kyiv7
Kyiv Oblast4
Volgograd Oblast4
Poltava Oblast3
Tatarstan3
Yaroslavl Oblast3

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
GenusBallerus

Sources

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