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The minnow lives throughout Ontario and the Northeastern United States. [5] In the state of Ohio , the minnow is only confirmed to inhabit the Great Miami and Little Miami rivers. [ 2 ] The Ohio population of Exoglossum laurae , which is separated from more Eastern populations by several hundred miles, is considered a subspecies.
Minnow is the common name for a number of species of small freshwater fish, belonging to several genera of the family Cyprinidae and in particular the subfamily Leuciscinae. They are also known in Ireland as pinkeens .
The golden topminnow (Fundulus chrysotus) is a fish of the genus Fundulus and is a United States native fish mostly distributed throughout the southeast, ranging from Kentucky and Ohio south into Florida. Although it has such a wide distribution throughout the south, the habitats and micro-habitats that it occupies do not differ much from one ...
Northern pikeminnows can live at least 11 years, reaching up to 35 in (89 cm) in total length and 15 lb (6.8 kg) in weight. [2] Female northern pikeminnow reach sexual maturity at about six years, males in three to five.
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.
It is most often used as bait; the young are sold as sucker minnows. When it is eaten by humans, it is usually processed and sold under the name of mullet . The IGFA world record for white sucker stands at 6 lb 8 oz (2.94 kg) taken from the Rainy River near Loman, Minnesota in 1984.
The longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae) is a freshwater minnow native to North America. Rhinicthys means snout fish (reference to the long snout) and cataractae means of the cataract (first taken from Niagara Falls). Longnose dace are small, typically less than 100 mm and characterized by their fleshy snout that protrudes past the mouth.
The silverjaw minnow gets its name from silvery-looking sensory organs along its jaw. [6] The word minnow comes from the ancient Anglo-Saxon word for small, myne. [3] The alternate scientific name, Ericymba buccata comes from the Greek word eri, meaning intensifying, the Greek word cymba, meaning cavity, and the Latin word buccata, meaning ...