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Bigmouth Chub

Nocomis platyrhynchus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 17, February 18, March 20, April 33, May 43, June 21, July 17, August 17, September 20, October 19, November 15, December 16.
United States526
Virginia256
West Virginia151
North Carolina104
Tennessee13
Ohio2

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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