Animalia > Chordata > Cypriniformes > Cyprinidae > Exoglossum > Exoglossum maxillinguaExoglossum maxillingua (Cutlips minnow; Cutlip minnow)Synonyms: Cyprinus maxillingua; Exoglossum annulatum; Exoglossum lesurianum (heterotypic); Exoglossum nigrescens; Exoglossum vittatum Language: Czech; French; Mandarin Chinese Exoglossum maxillingua (cutlips minnow) is an olive-green medium-sized minnow (average 6 inches) of North America with a distinguishing lower jaw. Isolated from all other minnows by its three-lobed lower jaw with the middle lobe sticking out like a tongue. The range of this species is from the St. Lawrence and Lake Ontario south into Virginia. It is listed as "threatened" in the Canadian province of Ontario, but may never have been common there as this is the most northerly of its range. It is found in running streams and seems to prefer clear, stony pools but not rapids. The distinctive mouth of the cutlips lets it feed on minuscule shellfish which it scrapes from rocks. Although molluscs appear to be its primary food, it also eats insect larvae and diatoms. An interesting feeding behavio |
Adult Length [1] | 6 inches (16 cm) | Brood Dispersal [1] | In a nest | Brood Egg Substrate [1] | Lithophils (rock-gravel) | Brood Guarder [1] | Yes | Litter Size [1] | 1,177 | Maximum Longevity [1] | 2 years | | Diet [2] | Planktivore, Detritivore, Carnivore (Invertebrates) | | Female Maturity [1] | 2 years |
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Teays - Old Ohio |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Upland Rivers |
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Species |
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Antietam National Battlefield |
III |
3263 |
Maryland, United States |
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Catoctin Mountain Park National Park |
II |
5994 |
Maryland, United States |
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Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve |
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9859505 |
New York, Vermont, United States |
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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park |
VI |
715 |
West Virginia, United States |
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Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site |
III |
861 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Manassas National Battlefield Park |
III |
5132 |
Virginia, United States |
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Prince William Forest Park |
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19378 |
District of Columbia, United States |
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Rock Creek Park |
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District of Columbia, United States |
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Saint Lawrence Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Shenandoah National Park |
II |
108221 |
Virginia, United States |
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Valley Forge National Historical Park |
VI |
3509 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495. ♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.orgEcoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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