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Streamline chub

The streamline chub is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.

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Length
164 w
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Streamline chub
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Erimystax
Species:
E. dissimilis
Binomial name
Erimystax dissimilis
Synonyms2
  • Luxilus dissimilis Kirtland, 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

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