Bullhead Minnow
Pimephales vigilax · Cyprinidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- May, June and July
- Largest length
- up to 7 cm (3 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 5 years
- Matures at
- about 1 years old
Values come from a national database of the United States, not Wisconsin surveys: maximum length is the species' largest recorded anywhere, and spawning months are range-wide (Wisconsin timing, in a colder climate, can be later).
USGS FishTraits 14.3 (CC0). Credit: Frimpong and Angermeier, U.S. Geological Survey.
63 open records of this fish in Wisconsin were used here.
Lakes where it has been recorded
From open fish survey and museum records. A record shows the fish was found near the lake in that year, not that it is there now.
Showing 4 of 4 lakes
- Lake OnalaskaLacrosse County7,688 acres · 40 ft deeprecorded 2006 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- Lake Saint CroixPierce County4,668 acres · 60 ft deeprecorded 2004 (2 records)recorded
- Fountain City BayWisconsin1,397 acresrecorded 1995 (3 records)recorded
- McCartney LakeGrant County924 acres · 10 ft deeprecorded 1963 (1 record)recorded