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#2314 · 🐟 fish

Central Stoneroller

Campostoma anomalum

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe
Central Stoneroller, photo 1 of 9
1/9 © Charlie Mellor · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The central stoneroller ( Campostoma anomalum ) is a fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to the United States.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 4,918iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 4,918 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1820 (206 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Central Stoneroller
scientific name
Campostoma anomalum
class
Actinopterygii
order
Cypriniformes
family
Leuciscidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
4,918
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1820 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Leuciscidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 96631, Wikidata Q8261255, GBIF 2361357, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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