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Cyprinidae
lake chub
Couesius plumbeus
Carp Reaching Twenty Three Centimeters
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
Mediumlake chub is a freshwater fish of North America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 23 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Couesius
- Maximum length
- 23 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- North America: Alaska (Yukon River drainage); throughout most of Canada and northern USA; south to Delaware River in New York, south end of Lake Michigan, Illinois, Platte River system in Colorado, and Columbia River drainage in Washington, USA. Relict population in Mississippi River basin in Iowa, USA. Sometimes hybridizes with Rhinichthys cataractae in Lake Superior (Ref. 4564 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
