Cyprinidae

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.