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woundfin
[ woond-fin ]
noun
- a slender, scaleless cyprinid fish, Plagopterus argentissimus, inhabiting the tributaries of the Colorado River system, having sharp spines in front of the dorsal fin and each pelvic fin: an endangered species.
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The endangered woundfin is threatened by the more fertile, non-native red shiner in a 17-mile stretch of the river in far northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah.
From Washington Times
Crews plan to salvage the woundfin from that area before applying the chemical rotenone to kill the red shiner.
From Washington Times
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