Spotfin chub

Cyprinella monacha

Fish Reaching Eleven Centimeters in North American Waters

Tropical
Northern Hemisphere
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
North America
West Asia
Small
Tropical fish

Spotfin chub (Erimonax monachus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Erimonax. This fish is endemic to the Tennessee River watershed.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Cyprinella
Maximum length: 11 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: North America: Historically in several tributaries of Tennessee River in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia to Alabama, USA; now present only in Little Tennessee River in North Carolina, Buffalo and Emory river in Tennessee, and Holston River in Virginia and Tennessee, USA.
Conservation status: VUVulnerable

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