| Southern redbelly dace | |
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| Adult breeding coloration | |
| Adult non-breeding coloration | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Chrosomus |
| Species: | C. erythrogaster |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrosomus erythrogaster (Rafinesque, 1820) |
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The Southern redbelly dace (Chrosomus erythrogaster), is a North American species of temperate freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae family. The natural geographic range extends from Western New York to Minnesota, and south to Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Alabama.[1] This fish prefers flowing pools of creeks and streams.[1]
The extremely similar Northern redbelly dace can be distinguished by a rounder, blunter head and a more upturned mouth, as well as by differences in spawning behavior.[1]
The Southern redbelly dace reaches a maximum length of about 9 centimetres (3.5 in).[2]