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	<dc:description>Nests side by side arranged in dense colonies near shore. Male digs nest and defends territory during prespawning period. Female approaches nesting colony when nest completed. Mating pairs swim in circles over nest, stop for short intervals to release sperm and egg. Male may chase mate away from nest, female may come back to same nest or move on to mate with another (Ref 4543).  </dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4543&amp;speccode=3377'>Thompson, P. 1985 Thompson's guide to freshwater fishes. How to identify the common freshwater fishes of North America. How to keep them in home aquarium. Houghton Mifflin Company, 205 p., Boston, USA. (Ref. 4543)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Nearly always found in shallow water, preferring habitats with dense vegetation in small lakes, ponds and slow moving rivers and streams.  Feed on small aquatic invertebrates, insects, and occasionally small fishes  (Ref. 4543).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5723&amp;speccode=3377'>Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr 1991 A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4699&amp;speccode=3377'>International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, Florida, USA. (Ref. 4699)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=12193&amp;speccode=3377'>Hugg, D.O. 1996 MAPFISH georeferenced mapping database. Freshwater and estuarine fishes of North America. Life Science Software. Dennis O. and Steven Hugg, 1278 Turkey Point Road, Edgewater, Maryland, USA. (Ref. 12193)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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