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The Largescale Stoneroller

Largescale Stoneroller is a freshwater minnow associated with clear rocky streams. Riffles provide a characteristic setting within its broad interior drainage range.

Interior Distribution

The range includes portions of the upper Mississippi, Lake Michigan, Ozark, Green, Cumberland, Tennessee and Mobile regions. Introduced records occur outside parts of the native range. Preserve the watershed and introduction context rather than merging all occurrences into one uninterrupted native distribution.

Rocky Flow

Clear water and rock-bottom riffles characterize the habitat account. Current and substrate are both important parts of a locality description. A rocky riffle record should not be replaced with the muddy-pool habitat of another minnow merely because both occur in the same river.

Length and Identity

The compiled maximum is 22 centimeters total length, compared with a common reference of twelve centimeters. The scientific name is Campostoma oligolepis. Keep it distinct from Highland Stoneroller, Campostoma spadiceum, when assigning measurements, images or range information to a page.

Check Which Stoneroller

Shared common-name wording does not establish the same species. The scientific name and drainage help keep closely related stoneroller records separate.

All Lakes With Largescale Stoneroller

Browse all lakes and reservoirs with confirmed Largescale Stoneroller records in our database, listed alphabetically.

No published lakes are currently linked to this species in our confirmed records.

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