• Characteristics - laterally compressed, slab sided spiny rayed; yellow-olive to silvery-yellow along back and sides; yellowish white belly; 6 to 7 prominent dark horizontal stripes along sides
• Distribution - Mississippi River, Maquoketa River, North Twin and Clear Lakes, Lake Manawa
• Foods - fish, insects, and crustaceans
• State Record - 1 pounds, 9 ounces - Lake Manawa, Pottawatamie County, April 1991 - Bill Campbell, Council Bluffs, Iowa

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