Associations provided by Animal Diversity Web. Trophic Strategy provided by Animal Diversity Web. Distribution provided by Animal Diversity Web. Habitat provided by Animal Diversity Web. Habitat Regions: temperate ; freshwater Aquatic Biomes: lakes and ponds; rivers and streams. Life Expectancy provided by Animal Diversity Web.
Froese and Pauly, Range lifespan Status: captivity : 5. Typical lifespan Status: wild : 2. Average lifespan Status: captivity : 5 years. Morphology provided by Animal Diversity Web. Other Physical Features: bilateral symmetry Sexual Dimorphism: male more colorful. Known Predators: black-crowned night herons Nycticorax nycticorax great blue herons Ardea herodias belted kingfishers Megaceryle alcyon ring-billed gulls Larus delawarensis common grackles Quiscalus quiscula northern pike Esox lucius largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides snapping turtles Chelydra serpentina painted turtles Chrysemys picta northern water snakes Nerodia sipedon.
Reproduction provided by Animal Diversity Web. Key Reproductive Features: fertilization External ; oviparous Males stay and guard the eggs and the fry.
Life Cycle provided by Fishbase. Recorder Armi G. Trophic Strategy provided by Fishbase. Occurs almost anywhere in its range but most common in clear rocky streams. Recorder Pascualita Sa-a. Biology provided by Fishbase. Occurs almost anywhere in its range but most common in clear rocky streams Ref. Feeds on algae, detritus, entomostraca, and immature insects, especially midge larvae and pupae Ref. Recorder Rainer Froese.
Bluntnose minnow provided by wikipedia EN. Burr , Freshwater Fishes , p. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 11 February Retrieved 20 April Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 28 November Retrieved 19 April Fish Base.
The most readily available fish food is tropical fish food or goldfish food from the pet store, which is a good substitute when supplemented with freeze-dried bloodworms or crushed brine shrimp. The most important consideration when it comes to feeding minnows is quantity because overfeeding is one of the most common causes of death in captive minnows.
Minnows should receive the amount of food they can consume in 10 minutes each day, but it is better to break this into twice daily feedings. If you feed minnows twice a day, the food should disappear five minutes after feeding. If the minnows consume all the food within only two or three minutes, offer more food.
Whether you are considering breeding minnows for bait or keeping them as pets, understanding minnow feeding habits is crucial to your success. Melissa Mayer is an eclectic science writer with experience in the fields of molecular biology, proteomics, genomics, microbiology, biobanking and food science. She has also served as interim associate editor for a glossy trade magazine read by pathologists, Clinical Lab Products, and wrote a non-fiction YA book Coping with Date Rape and Acquaintance Rape.
She has two books forthcoming covering the neuroscience of mental health. How to Make Squirrel Food. The Life Cycle of the Piranha. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. State of Iowa DNR, Animal Diversity Web Cybertracker Tools. All rights reserved. Skip directly to main content. Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species. Critter Catalog. Information Pictures Classification. Bluntnose minnow Pimephales notatus What do they look like?
Biogeographic Regions nearctic native What kind of habitat do they need? These animals are found in the following types of habitat temperate freshwater Aquatic Biomes lakes and ponds rivers and streams How long do they live?
Range lifespan Status: captivity 5. Key Behaviors natatorial motile How do they communicate with each other? Perception Channels tactile chemical What do they eat? Primary Diet carnivore eats eggs eats non-insect arthropods omnivore What eats them and how do they avoid being eaten? The list below is only a sample of the species that eat minnows.
Known Predators black-crowned night herons Nycticorax nycticorax great blue herons Ardea herodias belted kingfishers Megaceryle alcyon ring-billed gulls Larus delawarensis common grackles Quiscalus quiscula northern pike Esox lucius largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides snapping turtles Chelydra serpentina painted turtles Chrysemys picta northern water snakes Nerodia sipedon What roles do they have in the ecosystem? Bluntnose minnows serve an important role as prey for larger animals and as a predator on insect larvae How do they interact with us?
Are they endangered?
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