Cyprinidae

peamouth

Mylocheilus caurinus

Fish Reaching Thirty Six Centimeters in North American Waters

• Temperate
• Circumpolar Arctic
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Pacific Ocean
• North America
• Polar regions
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Temperate fish

The peamouth (Mylocheilus caurinus), also known as the peamouth chub, redmouth sucker or northwestern dace, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This species is found in western North America.