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Six exotic species of fish have been introduced, including brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis, lake trout S. namycush, brown trout Salmo trutta, rainbow trout Oncorhyncus mykiss and lakechub Couecius plumbeus.
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For example, increasing the number of cyprinids that consume plankton (e.g., emerald shiner – Notropis atherinoides, lake chub – Couesius plumbeus) in northern waters will possibly divert energy from existing planktivores (e.g., ciscoes) and reduce their population abundances.
Approaches to projecting climate change effects on arctic fish populations 2009
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Take the discovery of the obscure Ethiopian mouse Nilopegamys plumbeus, collected in 1927 by a field assistant of Wilfred H. Osgood on a tributary of the Blue Nile in north-eastern Ethiopia.
Archive 2006-03-01 Darren Naish 2006
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S Acebuches showed some resemblance to _V.s. plumbeus_.
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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Figure 159 shows the common Tomocerus plumbeus greatly enlarged (Fig. 160, seen from above), and as the mouth-parts of the whole group of Poduras are remarkably constant, a description of one genus will suffice for all.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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During this time they occasionally moulted, and Tomocerus plumbeus, after shedding its skin, ate it within
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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I know not why, but that grave and downcast aspect, enlivened only by a few occasional flashes of ponderous clerical wit, the atmosphere depressing as the _plumbeus auster_ of
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Between the two areas there are at least 60 restricted range species including the Chocó tinamou (VU) (Crypturellus kerriae), Baudó oropendola (EN) (Psarocolius cassini), viridian dacnis (Dacnis viguieri), crested ant-tanager (Habia cristata), Lita woodpecker (Piculus litea), and plumbeous forest-falcon (EN) (Micrastur plumbeus) just to name a few.
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Rare birds of this ecoregion includethe following: Blue-bellied parrot (Triclaria malachitacea), white-bearded antshrike (Biatas nigropectus), plumbeous antvireo (Dysithamnus plumbeus), Rio de Janeiro antwren (Myrmotherula fluminensis), gray-winged cotinga (Tijuca condita), kinglet cotinga (Calyptura cristata), Kaempfer's tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus kaempferi), and cherry-throated tanager (Nemosia rourei).
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Foliaceus, late expanfus, ecortice parum elevatus, rugofus margine undulatus; madidus faturate virens, fubtus puUus; ficcus plumbeus.
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