Streamline chub
(Erimystax dissimilis)
Classification
Species:
Erimystax dissimilis
Genus:
Erimystax - Slender chubs
Family: Leuciscidae - Chub family
Order: Cypriniformes - Carps
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
General data
Scientific names:
Streamline chub
Habitat:
Freshwater
Climate:
Temperate
Native:
North America
Distribution:
Mississippi
This chub typically occurs in large, medium-gradient, moderately clear streams and rivers with clean gravel bottom; often in shoal areas with moderate flow; over gravel and rubble in riffles, runs, and flowing pools of clear, small to large rivers.
Feeds opportunistically on various benthic organisms (mostly insect larvae and gastropods) and occasional terrestrial insects
Found in the Ohio River basin from western New York to northern Indiana and south to northern Alabama, and in the St. Francis and White River drainages in Missouri and Arkansas.
Max length is up to 14 cm.