Cast Gill

Fathead Minnow

Pimephales promelas · Cyprinidae

About this fish

Spawning
May, June, July and August
Largest length
up to 10 cm (4 inches)
Lifespan
up to 2 years
Matures at
about 0.5 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.

286 open records of this fish in Wisconsin were used here.

Lakes where it has been stocked

Stocking shows what was added to a lake, not what lives in it.

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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.

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