The southern plains killifish is a small, slender fish with a silvery body crossed by numerous dark vertical bars along its sides. Native to shallow, sandy, often turbid streams of the Great Plains, it tolerates extremes of salinity and temperature. Adults reach about 3 inches. It gathers in loose schools over sand and burrows into the substrate when disturbed. This summary was AI generated
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IUCN Status
Threat to humans
Source: Fishbase
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