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Central Stoneroller

Campostoma anomalum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 868, February 830, March 943, April 1,789, May 1,096, June 532, July 479, August 494, September 587, October 625, November 814, December 789.
United States50,125
Texas9,845
Oklahoma4,146
Canada4,126
Ontario4,114
Ohio3,515
Tennessee3,056
Virginia2,843
North Carolina2,420
Kentucky2,243

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
GenusStonerollers · Campostoma

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