Northern Pearl Dace

The northern pearl dace (Margariscus nachtriebi) is a freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It occurs in Atlantic, Hudson Bay, Great Lakes, and Mississippi River basins in the northern United States and Canada. Its preferred habitat is cool, clear headwater streams, bog drainage streams, ponds and small lakes, and in stained, peaty waters of beaver ponds, usually over sand or gravel.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Northern Pearl Dace being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Couesius plumbeus
• Margariscus margarita
• Chrosomus neogaeus
• Rhynchocypris steindachneri
• Rhynchocypris lagowskii
• Clinostomus elongatus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Leuciscidae

Genus

Margariscus

Species

Margariscus nachtriebi

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