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Common Name: blacknose dace
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Becker (1983); Page and Burr (1991); Etnier and Starnes (1993); Jenkins and Burkhead (1994).
Size: 10 cm.
Native Range: Atlantic, Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, Mississippi, and upper Mobile Bay drainages from Nova Scotia to Manitoba and south to northern Georgia and northern Alabama (Page and Burr 1991).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: This species is present in the Yadkin drainage, North Carolina, probably as the result of introduction (Menhinick 1991).
Means of Introduction: Unknown, possible bait bucket release.
Status: Established, probably as a result of an introduction, in the Yadkin drainage, North Carolina (Menhinick 1991).
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: This species may be native to the Yadkin and have a localized distribution limited by physiography (Jenkins and Starnes, personal communication).
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Leo Nico and Pam Fuller
Revision Date: 12/5/2003 Citation for this information:
Leo Nico and Pam Fuller. 2009. Rhinichthys atratulus. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=637> Revision Date: 12/5/2003
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