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Students from Rio Grande High School learn how to search for Rio Grande silvery minnows from U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologists.
Students from Rio Grande High School learn how to search for Rio Grande silvery minnows from U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologists.

Rio Grande Silvery Minnow
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hands holding minnow and syringe hands injecting minnow
hand holding minnow after injection

Silvery minnows are tagged with fluorescent dye before releasing into the Rio Grande.

volunteers capturing minnows

 two volunteers capturing minnows
volunteer capturing minnows volunteer in red shirt capturing minnows
volunteers capturing minnows

Volunteers capture silvery minnow eggs to be placed in captive breeding facilities.
close-up of Rio Grande silvery minnow

Rio Grande silvery minnow

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