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Bull Chub

Nocomis raneyi

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 27, February 33, March 30, April 49, May 49, June 30, July 24, August 22, September 29, October 28, November 22, December 25.
United States721
North Carolina369
Virginia230
West Virginia117
Maryland5

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