Eastern Blacknose Dace
Rhinichthys atratulus · Cyprinidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- April, May and June
- Largest length
- up to 10 cm (4 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 3.5 years
- Matures at
- about 1.5 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.
232 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 12 of 31 lakes
- Murphy FlowageRusk County1.0 acres · 14 ft deeprecorded 2007 (1 record)recorded
- Big Stone LakeOneida County548 acres · 57 ft deeprecorded 2006 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Red LakeDouglas County258 acres · 37 ft deeprecorded 1981 to 2005 (2 records)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Pelican LakeOneida County3,585 acres · 39 ft deeprecorded 2004 (2 records)Lowstocked, recorded
- Big Bass LakeMarathon County174 acres · 13 ft deeprecorded 2000 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Bohner LakeRacine County135 acres · 30 ft deeprecorded 1999 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Hyatt SpringBayfield County6.0 acres · 4 ft deeprecorded 1976 (1 record)recorded
- Spring LakeSawyer County220 acres · 18 ft deeprecorded 1967 (1 record)Moderaterecorded
- Mukwonago RiverWisconsin26 acresrecorded 1966 (1 record)stocked, recorded
- Coffee LakeBayfield County54 acres · 16 ft deeprecorded 1961 (1 record)Moderaterecorded
- Long LakeWashburn County3,290 acres · 74 ft deeprecorded 1928 to 1959 (3 records)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Trout LakeVilas County3,816 acres · 117 ft deeprecorded 1954 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Allequash LakeVilas County426 acres · 24 ft deeprecorded 1933 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Apple River FlowagePolk County639 acres · 18 ft deeprecorded 1925 to 1928 (2 records)stocked, recorded
- Little Wood LakeBurnett County207 acres · 23 ft deeprecorded 1928 (1 record)Moderaterecorded
- Spooner LakeWashburn County1,092 acres · 17 ft deeprecorded 1928 (1 record)Clearrecorded
- Antigo Lake (Kellog Pond)Langlade County32 acres · 7 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- Bear LakeWaupaca County194 acres · 62 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Clearrecorded
- Fisher LakeFlorence County54 acres · 49 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Lake NoquebayMarinette County2,409 acres · 51 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Lower Red LakeShawano County28 acresrecorded 1926 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Neopit Mill PondMenominee County202 acres · 10 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Moderaterecorded
- Pike LakeMarathon County205 acres · 34 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Townsend FlowageOconto County476 acres · 30 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Wausaukee LakeMarinette County5.0 acres · 6 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- Fairwater PondFond du Lac County8.0 acres · 6 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- Lac Vieux DesertVilas County2,853 acres · 38 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Metonga LakeForest County2,157 acres · 79 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Ottertail SpringsPrice County3.0 acres · 6 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)recorded
- Riley LakeForest County213 acres · 20 ft deeprecorded 1925 (2 records)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Ripon Pond (Gothic)Fond du Lac County24 acres · 8 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)stocked, recorded