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Gravel chub (Erimystax x-punctatus)
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Gravel chub (Erimystax x-punctatus) specimen
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Cyprinidae

Gravel chub

Erimystax x-punctatus

Carp Over Sandy Bottoms

  • Temperate
  • Upper river
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • North America
  • Small
  • Temperate fish

Gravel chub is a freshwater fish of North America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 11 cm.

Maximum length
11 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
North America: Thames River system in southern Ontario, Canada; Ohio River basin from New York and Pennsylvania to Wabash River in Illinois, USA (absent south of Ohio River except 1 record in upper Green River, Kentuky, USA; Mississippi River basin from southern Wisconsin and southern Minnesota south to northern Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma, USA; Ouachita River drainage in Arkansas.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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