Erimystax

Erimystax
Slender chub (Erimystax cahni)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Pogonichthyinae
Genus:	Erimystax Jordan, 1882 [1]
Type species
Luxilus dissimilis Kirtland, 1840 [1]

Erimystax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish elonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. ^[1] Members are commonly known as slender chubs, though "slender chub" is also used for individual species local to some area, particularly Erimystax cahni .

Species

• Erimystax cahni (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (slender chub)
• Erimystax dissimilis (Kirtland, 1840) (streamline chub)
• Erimystax harryi (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (Ozark chub)
• Erimystax insignis (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (blotched chub)
• Erimystax x-punctatus (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (gravel chub)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pogonichthyinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 11 March 2025.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Erimystax". FishBase . August 2011 version.