Redspot chub

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Redspot chub
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Genus: Nocomis
Species:
N. asper
Binomial name
Nocomis asper
Lachner & R. E. Jenkins, 1971

The redspot chub (Nocomis asper) is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. [2] This species is found primarily in the Ozark uplands of the Arkansas River drainage in northwestern Arkansas, southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma. [1] [3] It can grow to 22 cm (8.7 in) total length. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 NatureServe (2013). "Nocomis asper". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T202272A18230447. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202272A18230447.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Nocomis". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nocomis asper". FishBase . October 2016 version.


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