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The lake chub (Couesius plumbeus) is a freshwater cyprinid fish found in Canada and in parts of the United States. Of all North American minnows , it is the one with the northernmost distribution. Its genus , Couesius is considered monotypic today.
An extensive list of the freshwater fish found in California, including both native and introduced species. [1] ... Fathead Minnow: Pimephales promelas: Tench: Tinca ...
Mississippi silvery minnow, Hybognathus nuchalis [41] Ozark chub, Erimystax harryi [42] Pallid shiner, Notropis amnis [43] Plains minnow, Hybognathus placitus [44] Plains stoneroller, Campostoma plumbeum [45] Pugnose minnow, Notropis emiliae [46] Red River shiner, Notropis bairdi [47] Red shiner, Cyprinella lutrensis [48] Redspot chub, Nocomis ...
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family, and the largest vertebrate animal family overall, with about 3,000 species ; only 1,270 of these remain ...
The list includes several anadromous species, and two normally marine species (starry flounder and shiner perch) that are occasionally found in freshwater. Only one species ( Olympic mudminnow ) is a Washington endemic , however three others ( Nooksack dace , Salish sucker, and margined sculpin ) have very limited distributions outside the state.
The common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus) or inanga (from the Māori īnanga or īnaka) is a very widespread Southern Hemisphere fish in the family Galaxiidae.It is a slim, narrow fish with a forked tail and a mottled, spotty pattern, typically about 10 cm (4 in) long when fully grown.
The spottail shiner or spottail minnow (Notropis hudsonius) is a small- to medium-sized freshwater minnow. It can be found as far north as Canada and as far south as the Chattahoochee River in Georgia. These shiners live in lakes, rivers, and creeks. They occupy the rocky or sandy shorelines and bottoms of the water.
Mylocheilus caurinus, the peamouth, peamouth chub, redmouth sucker or northwestern dace, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows, that is found in western North America. It is the only species in its genus.