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| | Northeastern Naturalist: Distributions of lake fishes in the Northeast -- II. The Minnows (Cyprinidae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | The Cyprinidae (minnows) is the most speciose freshwater fish family worldwide (approximately 2,000 species; Winfield and Nelson 1991), in North America (approximately 200 species; Page and Burr 1991), and in the Northeast with 43 native and 3 exotic species (Halliwell et al. |
| | Technically, however, the term minnow is reserved for species of the family Cyprinidae, which are not all small (e.g., common carp), and does not include all small minnow-like fish (e.g., killifish and mudminnows). |
| | Despite their diversity, minnows have historically been given scant attention in fisheries surveys, tending to be lumped into categories such as "shiners," "chubs," or even "forage fish." This is due in part to the fact that many minnows can be difficult to identify in the field. |
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