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The rosyside dace (''Clinostomus funduloides'') is a species of freshwater
ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...
in the
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, the shiners, daces and minnows. This fish is endemic to the southeastern United States. This fish is about 11 centimeters long. The lower parts of its sides are red, giving rise to its name, and the upper parts of its sides are dark green. The rosyside dace is native to parts of the southeastern and eastern United States, including the
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basin. It is thought to have been introduced in western
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.''Clinostomus funduloides''.
USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. 2013.
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"''Clinostoma funduloides'' Girard, 1856"
Clinostomus Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard Fish described in 1856 {{Leuciscinae-stub