#2156 · 🐟 fish

Fathead Minnow

🇳🇱 Dikkopelrits ·Pimephales promelas

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in the Netherlands

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1. © fuzzy little duckling · CC BY-NC 4.0
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3. © Grant Bowler · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
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7. © Dan MacNeal · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The fathead minnow ( Pimephales promelas ) is a species of temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Pimephales genus of the cyprinid family. The natural geographic range extends throughout much of North America, from central Canada south along the Rockies to Texas, and east to Virginia and the Northeastern United States. This minnow has also been introduced to many other areas via bait bucket releases. Its golden, or xanthic, strain, known as the rosy-red minnow , is a very...

base stats

NL sightings 3iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,934iNaturalist 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).