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Laurel Dace
Plate 1 of 1. J.R. Shute - Conservation Fisheries, INC. Knoxville, TN, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · via iNaturalist
IUCN EN · Endangered

Laurel Dace

Chrosomus saylori

The laurel dace (Chrosomus saylori) is a species of freshwater minnow native to the U.S. state of Tennessee. It was first discovered in 1976. A very rare species, it has only been found in localized populations in six small streams on the Walden Ridge portion of the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee. It is found in six streams: the Soddy, Horn, Cupp, Young's, Moccasin, and Bumbee Creeks, all of which drain into larger rivers that eventually feed...

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 216823.