topminnow
noun
top·min·now
ˈtäp-ˌmi-(ˌ)nō 
: any of several live-bearers (family Poeciliidae) or killifish (family Cyprinodontidae)
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Tucked at the base of a ridge of ragged, jagged bare rock and fringed by cattails, Ayer Lake is home for the endangered desert pupfish and the Gila topminnow.
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Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
An endangered fish, the Gila topminnow, returned to Tucson.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 30 Sep. 2024
Just days before the Gila topminnow were reintroduced, nonnative mosquitofish appeared in the stream.
—Ian James, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2021
There were no native fish in the downtown stretch of the Santa Cruz until October, when Bogan witnessed the reintroduction of Gila topminnow.
—Ian James, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2021
Beneath its dull green surface teems a population of Atlantic killifish, a silvery topminnow that's common along the Eastern Seaboard.
—Wired, 23 Sep. 2019
Even a few dry days in Cienega Creek could be disastrous for wildlife like the topminnow.
—Douglas Main, National Geographic, 25 Apr. 2019
This network of waters, at Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, provides a home to scarce animals including the Gila topminnow, a sparkly-silver, inch-long fish, and Gila chub, which are larger and more rotund.
—Douglas Main, National Geographic, 25 Apr. 2019
In its arguments, the group cites the whiteline topminnow, a species that used to live in Big Spring before the development in downtown Huntsville.
—Dennis Pillion, AL.com, 11 Apr. 2018
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Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
An endangered fish, the Gila topminnow, returned to Tucson.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 30 Sep. 2024
Just days before the Gila topminnow were reintroduced, nonnative mosquitofish appeared in the stream.
—Ian James, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2021
There were no native fish in the downtown stretch of the Santa Cruz until October, when Bogan witnessed the reintroduction of Gila topminnow.
—Ian James, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2021
Beneath its dull green surface teems a population of Atlantic killifish, a silvery topminnow that's common along the Eastern Seaboard.
—Wired, 23 Sep. 2019
Even a few dry days in Cienega Creek could be disastrous for wildlife like the topminnow.
—Douglas Main, National Geographic, 25 Apr. 2019
This network of waters, at Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, provides a home to scarce animals including the Gila topminnow, a sparkly-silver, inch-long fish, and Gila chub, which are larger and more rotund.
—Douglas Main, National Geographic, 25 Apr. 2019
In its arguments, the group cites the whiteline topminnow, a species that used to live in Big Spring before the development in downtown Huntsville.
—Dennis Pillion, AL.com, 11 Apr. 2018
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topminnow
noun
top·min·now
-ˌmin-ō
: any of several small surface-feeding fishes
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