Longnose dace
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| Longnose Dace | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Rhinichthys |
| Species: | R. cataractae |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhinichthys cataractae (Valenciennes, 1842) |
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The longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae) is found in muddy and warm, clear and cold, streams and lakes. The largest longnose dace are about 6 inches long. They are well-adapted for living on the bottom of fast-flowing streams among the stones. Longnose dace eat mostly immature aquatic insects. They are important forage minnows for larger predatory fish.
[edit] References
- "Rhinichthys cataractae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=163384. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2005). "Rhinichthys cataractae" in FishBase. November 2005 version.
- Rook, Earl. "Flora, fauna, earth, and sky...The natural history of the northwoods". http://www.rook.org/earl/bwca/nature/fish/rhinichthyscat.html. Retrieved 2006-05-21.
- "Animal Field Guide". http://fwp.mt.gov/fieldguide/detail_AFCJB37020.aspx. Retrieved 2006-05-21.
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