Erimystax
Appearance
Erimystax | |
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Slender chub (Erimystax cahni) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Clade: | Pogonichthyinae |
Genus: | Erimystax Jordan, 1882 |
Type species | |
Luxilus dissimilis Kirtland, 1840
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Erimystax is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. Members are commonly known as slender chubs, though "slender chub" is also used for individual species local to some area, particularly Erimystax cahni.
Species
- Erimystax cahni (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (Slender chub)
- Erimystax dissimilis (Kirtland, 1840) (Streamline chub)
- Erimystax harryi (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (Ozark chub)
- Erimystax insignis (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (Blotched chub)
- Erimystax x-punctatus (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (Gravel chub)
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Erimystax". FishBase. August 2011 version.