Erimystax | |
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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 |
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 .