Photo By/Credit
Sonia L. Mumford DVM/USFWSDate Shot/Created
11/29/2021Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
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These white shiners are raised at Edenton NFH to be used as host fish for endangered freshwater mussels. The larval mussels must attach to a fish and feed on the fish in order to grow to the next life stage. We provide the fish to hatcheries that raise mussels to help them restore mussel populations.
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