Hornyhead chub

Nocomis biguttatus

Twenty Six Centimeters Carp of North American Waters

Temperate
Lower river
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
North America
Elongated
Medium
Temperate fish

The hornyhead chub (Nocomis biguttatus) is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It mainly inhabits small rivers and streams of the northern central USA, up into Canada. The adults inhabit faster, rocky pools of rivers.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Nocomis
Maximum length: 26 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: North America: Mohawk River system in New York, USA west through Great Lakes and Mississippi River basin to Red River drainage (Hudson Bay basin) in Manitoba, Canada and North Dakota, USA, and south to Ohio River drainage; Ozark drainages in Missouri and Arkansas, USA. Isolated populations in lower Kentucky River system in Kentucky, Platte and Cheyenne River systems in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado, and Kansas River in Kansas, USA.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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