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Although most people don’t think of Oklahoma as a fishy state, it’s actually home to about 175 species of fish, including golden topminnows, bluehead shiners, two genetically distinct smallmouth bass strains, pupfish, cardinal shiners, banded pygmy sunfish, and alligator gar. This relatively high species number is due largely to Oklahoma’s varied climate, geology and topography, all of which contribute to habitat diversity. Though few people realize it, Oklahoma is one of only four states with more than 10 ecoregions (or broad habitat types) and per square mile is the most habitat diverse state in the contiguous United States.

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Fishes Of The Lower Susquehanna And Northern Chesapeake Tributaries, Part IV (Minnows)

Earlier Installments of this series appeared in the Oct 86, Mar-Apr 87, and Jan 88 issues.

Bleeding and Duskystripe Shiners (Notropis zonatus and N. pilsbryi)

The Bleeding & Duskystripe Shiners (Notropis zonatus and N. pilsbryi)are two closely related species in the subgenus Luxilus. They are found in the Ozarks of Missouri and Arkansas. The Duskystripe is also found parts of Kansas and Oklahoma. The two species never occur together.

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Least Killifish - Heterandria formosa

(Originally published in American Currents Summer 2012 by Thomas P. Ganley) This species is another outstanding little fish from the southeastern United States. The females are barely one-inch long and the males are usually a third that size. Lively, sociable, and easy to keep, it eats anything, adapts easily to most water types, and constantly breeds. The Least Killifish is one of the two smallest vertebrate animals in the United States. Actually, the male may be the smallest vertebrate animal in the entire word.

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