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Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820

Fathead minnow
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Common names: Black-head minnow, Fathead minnow, Rosey reds
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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Uses: bait: yes;
Comments: Introduced through bait-bucket releases in Mobile Bay drainage in Alabama, Colorado River drainage in Arizona and New Mexico, and elsewhere. Bred in Arkansas for bait (Ref. 26870). Also Ref. 10294.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Tête de boule, Tête de boule, Tête-de-boule, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology: Pimephales: Greek, pimeles, -es = fat + Greek, phales = whale; if the root is Greek, phales, -etos = penis (Ref. 45335);  promelas: From the words pro, meaning forward; and melas, black (referring to the black head of nuptial males) (Ref. 10294).
  More on author: Rafinesque.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal.   Subtropical; 0°C - 33°C (Ref. 35682); 61°N - 29°N

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