• Characteristics - brownish to blackish above, light beneath and sides speckled with dark scales giving is a mottled appearance, with dusky lateral band outlined by a row of light scales, mouth sub-terminal
• Distribution - found throughout central and northeast Iowa
• Foods - aquatic insects and larvae
• Adult Length - 4 inches

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