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Hybognathus hankinsoni Hubbs, 1929

Brassy minnow
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Common names: Brassy minnow, Brassy minnow, Mémé laiton
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: Ranges from British Columbia to Quebec (Ref. 52559). Known from St. Lawrence River and Lake Champlain drainages in Quebec, Canada; across Great Lakes, Hudson Bay and Missouri-upper Mississippi River basins of southern Canada; Mackenzie River system (Arctic basin) in Alberta; and Fraser River system (Pacific Slope) in British Columbia (Ref. 86798). Museum: ROM 3662 (Ref. 1998). Also Ref. 5723.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Coker, G.A., C.B. Portt and C.K. Minns, 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Méné laiton, Mémé laiton, 铜色突颌鱼, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pogonichthyinae
Etymology: Hybognathus: Greek, ybos, -e, -on = curved + Greek, gnathos = jaw; with bulging jaw (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Hubbs.

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

Freshwater; demersal.   Temperate; 58°N - 37°N

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