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Sheepshead Minnow

Cyprinodon variegatus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 1,371, February 1,311, March 1,490, April 2,826, May 1,732, June 841, July 756, August 780, September 927, October 988, November 1,286, December 1,247.
United States21,943
Texas15,554
Louisiana773
Maryland518
Virginia492
Alabama368
North Carolina347
Mississippi322
Massachusetts200
New Jersey192

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Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderRivulines, Killifishes, and Livebearers · Cyprinodontiformes
FamilyPupfishes · Cyprinodontidae
GenusTypical Pupfishes · Cyprinodon

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