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The northern redbelly dace is a minnow about 55 mm long with two dusky, longitudinal stripes along its sides under an iridescent silver back. The top stripe often becomes broken into dots behind the dorsal fin. Small, almost invisible scales cover its body. The lower sides of its body are white, yellow, or silver.
Semotilus atromaculatus, known as the creek chub or the common creek chub, is a small minnow, a freshwater fish found in the eastern US and Canada.Differing in size and color depending on origin of development, the creek chub can usually be defined by a dark brown body with a black lateral line spanning horizontally across the body.
Hybrid striped bass (Morone chrysops × M. saxatilis) Inland silverside (Menidia beryllina) Ironcolor shiner (Notropis chalybaeus) Johnny darter (Etheostoma nigrum) Kiamichi shiner (Notropis ortenburgeri) Lake chubsucker (Erimyzon sucetta) Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) Largescale stoneroller (Campostoma oligolepis) Least darter ...
Semotilus is the genus of creek chubs, ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. The term "creek chub" is sometimes used for individual species, particularly the common creek chub, S. atromaculatus. The creek chub species of minnows can grow from 6 to 10 inches (15 to 25 cm).
The redside dace is brightly coloured, with a wide red stripe extending from the head to the dorsal fin, running along the middle of the body. Above it, a bright yellow stripe extends from head to tail. [6] Colours are the brightest during spring, gradually fading during late summer and fall.
The creek chubsucker is an important species in lotic water systems. It is a fish that turns over energy by consuming vegetation detritus. [17] The creek chubsucker also regulates population levels of macro-invertebrates and algae, and it serves as an important prey fish for many desirable game fish species. [7]
The state of West Virginia has a wide variety of freshwater fish species in its rivers, lakes, and streams. 20% of these species are sportfish , and the remaining 80% are nongame species. [ 1 ]
The rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), also known as the rock perch, goggle-eye, red eye, black perch and sming is a freshwater fish native to east-central North America. This red-eyed fish is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family ( Centrarchidae ) of order Perciformes and can be distinguished from other similar species by the six ...