Northern Pearl Dace

Margariscus nachtriebi (Cox 1896)

Margariscus nachtriebi (Northern Pearl Dace) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family Leuciscidae. They are associated with freshwater habitat. Individuals can grow to 16.0 cm.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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EOL has data for 10 attributes, including:

geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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freshwater habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002037
- Definition: A habitat that is in or on a body of water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (<0.5 grams dissolved salts per litre).
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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beaver pond
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000270
- Definition: A pond that has formed as a consequence of the activities of beavers, building a beaver dam.
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population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Unknown
Total length
- URI: http://purl.org/obo/owlATOL_0001660
- Definition: length from the tip of the snout to the tip of the longer lobe of the caudal fin, usually measured with the lobes compressed along the midline. It is a straight-line measure, not measured over the curve of the body
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16.0 cm
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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0.3 m

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Northern pearl dace. View this species on GBIF