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River Chub

Nocomis micropogon

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Tennessee.January 121, February 141, March 163, April 270, May 279, June 156, July 132, August 123, September 164, October 140, November 108, December 113.
United States9,790
Tennessee1,910
North Carolina1,705
Canada1,341
Ontario1,329
Virginia1,229
West Virginia959
Maryland863
New York768
Pennsylvania577

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
GenusHornyhead Chubs · Nocomis

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