He suggested that his listeners cast an online vote for the Longnose dace.
In the Oldman River, some longnose dace populations are characterized by elevated vitellogenin expression, female biased sex ratios and intersex gonads.
The Banff longnose dace, Rhinichthys cataractae smithi, was a diminutive (about five cm. long) version of the eastern longnose dace, its range restricted to a small marsh fed by two hot springs on Sulphur Mountain in Banff National Park in Banff, Alberta.