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Semotilus atromaculatus, known as the creek chub or the common creek chub, is a small minnow, a freshwater fish found in the eastern US and Canada.Differing in size and color depending on origin of development, the creek chub can usually be defined by a dark brown body with a black lateral line spanning horizontally across the body.
The Eurasian minnow, [2] minnow, [1] or common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) is a small species of freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae. It is the type species of genus Phoxinus . It is ubiquitous throughout much of Eurasia , from Britain and Spain to eastern Siberia , predominantly in cool (12–20 °C (54–68 °F)) streams and well ...
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) Common logperch (Percina caprodes) Common shiner (Luxilus cornutus) Creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus) Creek chubsucker (Erimyzon oblongus) Creole darter (Etheostoma collettei) Crystal darter (Crystallaria asprella) Cypress darter (Etheostoma proeliare) Cypress minnow (Hybognathus hayi) Dollar sunfish (Lepomis ...
Minnow is the common name for a number of species of small freshwater fish, belonging to several genera of the family Cyprinidae and in particular the subfamily Leuciscinae. They are also known in Ireland as pinkeens .
The Northern pikeminnow, Columbia River dace or colloquially Squawfish (Ptychocheilus oregonensis) is a large member of the minnow family, Leuciscidae. [2] This predatory freshwater fish is native to northwestern North America, ranging from the Nass River basin to the Columbia River basin. [2]
Semotilus is the genus of creek chubs, ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. The term "creek chub" is sometimes used for individual species, particularly the common creek chub, S. atromaculatus. The creek chub species of minnows can grow from 6 to 10 inches (15 to 25 cm).
From 1964 until recent years, the Hell Creek Cave crayfish was only believed to exist in the cave system that is its namesake. [9] Yet in 2005, a second population of crayfish was found in Nesbitt Spring cave in the same county. Then in 2010, a third population was discovered at an upwelling near Town Branch River in Yellville, Arkansas. These ...
Culea is a near anagram of Eucalia which is a combination of eu, meaning "well" and calia, meaning "nested", and allusion to the sticklebacks' building of nests. The specific name inconstans means "variable" and is a reference to the variable number of dorsal spines and fin rays in the dorsal and anal fins.