Loach Minnow

Photo By/Credit

Glen Knowles/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
03/02/2020
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
The loach minnow is a small stream dwelling minnow that only gets about 2.75 inches long. The body is elongated, and a little compressed and flattened vertically, particularly towards the head. Its mouth is small, terminal, and highly oblique with no barbels present.
Ecosystem
Desert
River/stream
Subject tags
Deserts
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Fishes