Streamline chub

The streamline chub (Erimystax dissimilis) is one of the 324 fish species found in Tennessee.

Streamline chub
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Erimystax
Species:
E. dissimilis
Binomial name
Erimystax dissimilis
(Kirtland, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Luxilus dissimilis Kirtland, 1840
  • Hybopsis dissimilis (Kirtland, 1840)
  • Hybopsis watauga Jordan & Evermann, 1889

Geographic distribution

Found in the Ohio River basin from western New York to northern Indiana and south to northern Alabama, and in the St. Francis and White River drainages in Missouri and Arkansas.[2]

References
  1. NatureServe (2013). "Erimystax dissimilis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T202093A15362406. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202093A15362406.en.
  2. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Erimystax-dissimilis.html


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.