Longnose dace
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Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae

[Photo] Longnose Dace (Rhinichthys cataractae). US NPS Photo. Source: http://www.nps.gov/isro/NR_Profile_Internal/NR_stills/fish_imag/pages/longnose%20dace_jpg.htm

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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