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Riffle Minnow

Phenacobius catostomus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 51, February 55, March 58, April 102, May 72, June 47, July 39, August 37, September 49, October 52, November 42, December 43.
United States948
Alabama647
Georgia237
Tennessee40
North Carolina24

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
GenusPhenacobius

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Riffle Minnow with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.