Pikeminnow

Word PIKEMINNOW
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Any of several large cyprinid freshwater fishes of the genus Ptychocheilus of western North America. noun

The squawfish. noun

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The word "pikeminnow" in example sentences

The pikeminnow is a highly predatory fish that feeds on juvenile salmon and steelhead. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But you make a great point about the pikeminnow, I dont really know what to think about that. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When I posed the question of the species of the fish on the old CZ list in 1999 (actually, I see that Matt Bille had previously queried on the subject there), Jack "Rabbit" noted that it was probably the Colorado squawfish, Ptychocheilus lucius (now called the Colorado pikeminnow). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Exploring waters redolent of manure and marked by signs warning of mercury contamination, he caught pikeminnow, carp and bass -- species that traditionalists look down on as "coarse" fish. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Its coevolution in the upper Columbia River basin with another salmonid predator, the bull trout, and a large species of minnow, the northern pikeminnow, likely influenced its feeding habits in the course of evolutionary programming. ❋ Robert J. Behnke (2002)

Alvord chub, Gila alvordensis tui chub, Gila bicolor humpback chub, Gila cypha bonytail, Gila elegans roundtail chub, Gila robusta northern pikeminnow, Ptychocheilus oregonensis longnose dace, Rhinichthys cataractae speckled dace, Rhinichthys osculus redside shiner, Richardsonius balteatus ❋ Robert J. Behnke (2002)

The limitation on maximum size is attributed to their coevolution in the upper Columbia River basin with the predatory bull trout and the large northern pikeminnow. ❋ Robert J. Behnke (2002)

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