First record and morphometry of the non-indigenous fathead minnow Pimephales promelas (Rafinesque, 1820)

• Main Authors: Cyprinidae In Fl, Dieter Anseeuw, Thierry Gaethofs, Gerald Louette
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: KEY WORDS; Pimephales promelas; Flanders; first record; Canada; Great Slave Lake; Pacific
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.600.8407; http://www.naturalsciences.be/institute/associations/rbzs_website/bjz/back/pdf/BJZ 135(1)/Volume 135(1), pp. 87-90.pdf

exotic species, morphometrics. Pimephales promelas is widely distributed across North America. Its home area ranges from southern Chi-huahua, Mexico, north to the Maritime Provinces and Great Slave Lake District of Mackenzie (Canada) and from the Rocky Mountains eastwards to the Appalachi-ans. It ha...