| Family: |
Leuciscidae (Minnows), subfamily: Pogonichthyinae |
| Max. size: |
7.6 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 1 years |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
North America: in Atlantic, Gulf, and Mississippi River basins from Cape Fear River in North Carolina, USA to Sabine River in Texas, USA; north in Former Mississippi Embayment to southern Illinois, USA; throughout Florida, USA except in extreme southern tip. |
| Diagnosis: |
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| Biology: |
Usually occurs near vegetation in swamps, ponds, backwaters, pools of small to large rivers (Ref. 5723, 10294) and oxbow lakes. Feeds on microcrustaceans (chydorid cladocerans, cyclopoid copepods, ostracods), rotifers, unicellular algae (desmids and diatoms), and small dipteran larvae (Ref. 10294). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 01 March 2012 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
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