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Highback Chub

Hybopsis hypsinotus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 53, February 64, March 59, April 95, May 95, June 57, July 46, August 44, September 56, October 55, November 43, December 49.
United States1,032
North Carolina717
Tennessee127
South Carolina112
Georgia62
Virginia14

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderMinnows, Suckers, Carps, and Loaches · Cypriniformes
FamilyTrue Minnows · Leuciscidae
GenusBigeye Chubs · Hybopsis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Highback Chub with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.