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2. Fathead minnow - Wikipedia

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   Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), also known as fathead or tuffy, is a species of temperate freshwater fish belonging to the genus Pimephales of the cyprinid family. The natural geographic range extends throughout much of North America, from central Canada south along the Rockies to Texas, and east to Virginia and the Northeastern United States. [2]

3. Golden shiner - Wikipedia

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   Like other minnows, golden shiners are sensitive to the release of an alarm substance, or schreckstoff, contained within special skin cells. If a predator catches and bites into a minnow, the skin is broken, the substance is released, and other minnows in the vicinity can detect the substance and react to it by leaving the area.

4. Minnow - Wikipedia

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   The name of the emerald shiner comes from the greenish emerald band that expands from the back of the gill cover to the tail. This type of minnow has a short, rounded snout, the only difference between the common emerald shiner and the silver shiner is that the silver shiner has a longer snout and a larger eye.

5. List of fishes of Colorado - Wikipedia

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   Native to Colorado. They inhabit small streams, ponds, and lakes and are very tolerant of most types of water clarity and pH levels. Fathead minnows will eat organic debris, aquatic insects and zooplankton in their daily diet. Fathead minnows can grow up to 4 inches in length but will usually range between 2–3 inches. [10] LC

6. Shiner (fish) - Wikipedia

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   Shiner is a common name used in North America for any of several kinds of small, usually silvery fish, in particular a number of cyprinids, but also e.g. the shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata). Cyprinid shiners are: Eastern shiners, genus Notropis; Finescale shiners, genus Lythrurus; Flagfin shiners, genus Pteronotropis

7. Notropis - Wikipedia

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   Notropis buccata (Cope, 1865) (Silverjaw minnow) Notropis buccula F. B. Cross, 1953 (Smalleye shiner) Notropis buchanani Meek, 1896 (Ghost shiner) Notropis cahabae Mayden & Kuhajda, 1989 (Cahaba shiner) Notropis calabazas J. Lyons & Mercado-Silva, 2004 (Calabazas shiner) Notropis calientis D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (Yellow shiner)