• Characteristics - olive-green back with dusky-silver sides and silvery white belly, a greenish lateral band as a faint gold line dorsally and ends in a distinctive elongated spot, subterminal mouth
• Distribution - throughout the entire state with greatest abundance in the Des Moines River basin
• Foods - insect larvae
• Adult Length - 4 - 5 inches

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