Streamline chub

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Streamline chub
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Erimystax
Species:
E. dissimilis
Binomial name
Erimystax dissimilis
Synonyms [2]
  • Luxilus dissimilisKirtland, 1840
  • Hybopsis dissimilis(Kirtland, 1840)
  • Hybopsis watauga Jordan & Evermann, 1889

The streamline chub (Erimystax dissimilis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. [2]

Geographic distribution

It is found in the Ohio River basin from western New York to northern Indiana and south to northern Alabama.

It can also be found in the St. Francis and White River drainages in Missouri and Arkansas. [3]

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Erimystax dissimilis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN: e.T202093A15362406. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202093A15362406.en .
  2. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Erimystax". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Erimystax dissimilis". FishBase . October 2024 version.
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