Longnose dace

Longnose dace

Taxobox
name = Longnose Dace



regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cypriniformes
familia = Cyprinidae
genus = "Rhinichthys"
species = "R. cataractae"
binomial = "Rhinichthys cataractae"
binomial_authority = (Valenciennes, 1842)
The longnose dace is found in muddy and warm, clear and cold, streams and lakes. The largest longnose dace are about 6 inches long. They are well-adapted for living on the bottom of fast-flowing streams among the stones. Longnose dace eat mostly immature aquatic insects. They are important forage minnows for larger predatory fish.

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