Adults inhabit gravel-bottomed and rubble-bottomed flowing pools and backwaters of creeks and small to medium rivers. Rarely found in large rivers. Migratory behaviour is undetermined .
Physical description for Ozark minnow is currently being compiled.
Behavioural data for Ozark minnow is currently being reviewed.
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate; 47°N - 35°N North America: disjunct populations in upper Red Cedar River system in northern Wisconsin, USA; Mississippi River tributaries in southeastern Minnesota, eastern Iowa, southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, USA; Ozark Mountain drainages, USA; and Boggy Creek system in Oklahoma, USA.
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