Redspot chub | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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]