#2302 · 🐟 fish

Bluntnose Minnow

Pimephales notatus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The bluntnose minnow ( Pimephales notatus) is a species of temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Pimephales genus of the cyprinid family. Its natural geographic range extends from the Great Lakes south along the Mississippi River basin to Louisiana, and east across the Midwestern United States to New York State. S.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,289iNaturalist 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.
5,289 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1820 (206 years ago).