• Characteristics - back and sides blue-black or dark olive with brassy reflections, white belly, small head and long sickle-shaped dorsal fin
• Distribution - widespread distribution in the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and in the lower reaches of their large tributaries
• Foods - aquatic insects and their larvae, crustaceans and plant material including algae
• State Record - 15 pounds 1 ounce - Missouri River, Monona County, Sept. 1983 - Glen E. Dittman, Onawa, Iowa

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