Status of the Bluntnose Minnow, Pimephales notatus, in Canada

The Bluntnose Minnow, Pimephales notatus, is a small cyprinid with a Canadi an distribution from the upper St Lawrence drainage of southwestern Quebec west through southern Ontario to south eastern Lake Superior. It also occur s in the Lake-of-the-Woods region west of Lake Superior and other populatio ns have been reported from two sites on the Winnipeg River and one site on the Red River of southeastern Manitoba. Although abundant where found in On tario and Quebec it is rare in Manitoba.