Southern redbelly dace
Encyclopedia
The Southern redbelly dace (Chrosomus erythrogaster), is a North American species of temperate
freshwater fish
of the Cyprinidae family. The natural geographic range extends from Western New York
to Minnesota
, and south to Oklahoma
, Arkansas
, and Alabama
. This fish prefers flowing pools of creeks and streams.
The extremely similar Northern redbelly dace
can be distinguished by a rounder, blunter head and a more upturned mouth, as well as by differences in spawning behavior.
The Southern redbelly dace reaches a maximum length of about 9 centimetres (3.5 in).
Temperate
In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally relatively moderate, rather than extreme hot or cold...
freshwater fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
of the Cyprinidae family. The natural geographic range extends from Western New York
Western New York
Western New York is the westernmost region of the state of New York. It includes the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Niagara Falls, the surrounding suburbs, as well as the outlying rural areas of the Great Lakes lowlands, the Genesee Valley, and the Southern Tier. Some historians, scholars and others...
to Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, and south to Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
, Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
, and Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
. This fish prefers flowing pools of creeks and streams.
The extremely similar Northern redbelly dace
Northern redbelly dace
The northern redbelly dace, Chrosomus eos, is a freshwater cyprinid fish, generally found in lakes and small streams in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. It is one of fouty-four species from the minnow and carp family of Cyprinidae in these areas...
can be distinguished by a rounder, blunter head and a more upturned mouth, as well as by differences in spawning behavior.
The Southern redbelly dace reaches a maximum length of about 9 centimetres (3.5 in).