Fallfish
📖 Overview
Adults inhabit gravel- and rubble-bottomed pools and runs of small to medium rivers, and also lake margins .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Semotilus corporalis can be distinguished by the possession of the following characters: large eye; large lateral scales (43-50); moderately compressed body; fairly long, rounded snout slightly overhanging large mouth; dorsal fin origin over or slightly behind pelvic-fin origin; 8 dorsal rays; 8 anal rays; adults have scales on backs and upper side darkly outlined; and young has black stripe along side, dark caudal spot. Olive to gold-brown above, dark stripe along back; bright silver side, sometimes with purple or blue sheen; black bar along back of gill cover. Breeding males have fairly large tubercles on head .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Fallfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Fallfish is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Fallfish is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal; potamodromous . Temperate; 52°N - 36°N North America: Hudson Bay, Lake Ontario, and Atlantic Slope drainages from Quebec and Ontario, Canada to James River drainage, Virginia, USA.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | American chub · Chivin · Fallfish · Roughnosed chub · Shining dace · Windfish · Corporal · Dace · Mohawk · Silver Chub · White |
| 🌍CES | střevle velká |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Koskisärki |
| 🇫🇷French | ouitouche |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Сильный семотилус |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 小眼鬚雅羅魚 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheilonemus corporalis | Mitchill | 1817 | Synonym |
| Chilonemus cataractus | Baird | 1851 | Synonym |
| Cyprinus bullaris | Rafinesque | 1817 | Synonym |
| Cyprinus corporalis | Mitchill | 1817 | Synonym |
| Leuciscus argenteus | Storer | 1839 | Heterotypic |
| Leuciscus canadensis | Fortin | 1867 | Synonym |
| Leuciscus nitidus | DeKay | 1842 | Synonym |
| Leuciscus pulchellus | Storer | 1839 | Synonym |
| Leuciscus storeri | Valenciennes | 1844 | Synonym |
| Leucosomus corporalis | Mitchill | 1817 | Synonym |
| Leucosomus rhotheus | Cope | 1861 | Synonym |
| Semotilus bullaris | Rafinesque | 1817 | Synonym |
| Squalius hyalope | Cope | 1865 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 689 records indexed .
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