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What is this fish <Fallfish> just curious

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  1. Fallfish are the largest members of the Minnow family in the Northeast. Fallfish reach size typically between 12 to 18 inches long. They occur abundantly in the St. Lawrence River basin to Virginia, east of the Alleghanies. There prefered habitat is clear, swift streams, rock pools and in clear lakes.

    The male fallfish build a mounds of gravel often as large as 3 feet high and six feet wide to protect the eggs. Fallfish taste terrible but are caught and released by anglers.

    http://www.thejump.net/id/fallfish.htm


  2. They are the largest member of the minnow family. Search it on google.



  3. Fallfish

    Scientific classification

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Actinopterygii

    Order: Cypriniformes

    Family: Cyprinidae

    Subfamily: Leuciscinae

    Genus: Semotilus

    Species: S. corporalis

    Binomial name

    Semotilus corporalis

    Mitchell, 1817

    The Fallfish, Semotilus corporalis, is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes. It is found in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada, where it inhabits streams, rivers, and lake margins. It is fished as a game fish but opinions vary as to its edibility.

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