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  • noun Another name for the Pacific blackchin fish.

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Examples

  • The banded killifish, blackchin shiner, and pugnose shiner are now found exclusively in Ecoregion 53b (Illinois Natural History Survey, on-line resource); the former two species are presently listed as threatened in the state, whereas the latter is endangered in Illinois (Illinois Department of Natural Resources, on-line resource “b”).

    Ecoregions of Illinois (EPA) 2008

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  • It's a fish.

    January 2, 2012