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Pugnose Minnow

Opsopoeodus emiliae

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 240, February 229, March 260, April 494, May 303, June 147, July 132, August 136, September 162, October 173, November 225, December 218.
United States7,654
Texas2,719
Alabama950
Mississippi907
Louisiana819
Georgia383
Arkansas238
Oklahoma188
Kentucky94
Illinois85

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
GenusOpsopoeodus

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