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Highland Stoneroller
Campostoma spadiceum
Leuciscidae · freshwater water fish
1 minute read · Species guide
About Highland Stoneroller
The highland stoneroller (Campostoma spadiceum) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is endemic to the United States where it occurs in certain drainages of the Red, Ouachita, and lower Arkansas river basins from eastern Oklahoma to central Arkansas.
Range
Where it lives
0%
59.2%of mapped records
Share of records by state
Habitat
Water and movement
- Water
- WoRMS records this species in fresh water.
Classification
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Superclass
- Actinopterygii
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Leuciscidae
- Genus
- Campostoma
- Species
- Campostoma spadiceum
- ITIS TSN
- 1199312
- WoRMS AphiaID
- 1021403
- GBIF key
- 7620711
Common questions about Highland Stoneroller
What is the scientific name of Highland Stoneroller?
The scientific name is Campostoma spadiceum, in the family Leuciscidae. Classification follows ITIS.
Does Highland Stoneroller live in fresh water or salt water?
WoRMS records this species in fresh water.
Where has Highland Stoneroller been recorded in the United States?
GBIF has observations in 4 states, with the most records in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas. The map shows observation records, which do not establish the complete natural range.
Closest relatives
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Mexican Stoneroller3 states
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