The parrot minnow was not taken in the Marais des Cygnes River and was
absent at the upper Neosho station until 1959. This species was common
at the lower and middle Neosho stations throughout the period of study
and increased in abundance from 1957 to 1959.
At the lower Neosho station, this fish preferred slow eddy-current over
silt bottom, along the downstream portion of a gravel bar. The parrot
minnow was taken less abundantly in the latter part of the summer, 1959,
than in early summer, but the decline was less than occurred in the
mountain minnow.
#Pimephales notatus# (Rafinesque)