Erimystax
Erimystax is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. Members are commonly known as slender chubs, though "slender chub" is also used for individual species local to some area, particularly Erimystax cahni.
| Erimystax | |
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| Slender chub (Erimystax cahni) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Clade: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Erimystax Jordan, 1882 |
| Type species | |
| Luxilus dissimilis Kirtland, 1840 | |
Species
- Erimystax cahni (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (slender chub)
- Erimystax dissimilis (Kirtland, 1840) (streamline chub)
- Erimystax harryi (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (Ozark chub)
- Erimystax insignis (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (blotched chub)
- Erimystax x-punctatus (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (gravel chub)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Erimystax in FishBase. August 2011 version.
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