Minnow - Phoxinus phoxinus
9 to 10cm. Variable colouring, greenish-brown with dark bars or silvery tinged with green and a yellow line along the sides. Males turn reddish beneath in the breeding season.
Favours clear flowing water with sandy or gravelly beds. Sometimes also in lakes.
All year. More visible in warmer months.
Widespread and common in Britain
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland. Widely distributed in rivers and streams, including the Soar, eastern and western Sence, Me ase/Gilwiskaw Brook, Rothley Brook and smaller watercourses such as the Sibson Brook and Langton Brook.
Craig Mabbett
church field
02 June 2014
David Gould
Aylestone Meadows
12 July 2013
Craig Mabbett
church field
02 June 2014
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Species profile
- Common names
- Minnow
- Species group:
- Fish
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Cypriniformes
- Family:
- Cyprinidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 13
- First record:
- 12/07/2013 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 08/05/2024 (Gaten, Ted)
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Craig Mabbett
church field
02 June 2014
Craig Mabbett
church field
02 June 2014
