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The Rio Grande chub is characterized by some as a mid-water carnivore. This fish preys on zooplankton, insects, crustaceans, and juvenile fish. [4] The Rio Grande chub also exhibits some omnivore behavior. They will eat limited vegetation and some amount of detritus. [3] Beyond this, very little is known about the feeding habits of this fish.
The Rio Grande chub resides in streams, impoundments and lakes but is known to also inhibit engineered waterways and irrigation ditches. They usually prefer areas with sand and cobble substrates. The Rio Grande Chubs are omnivores creatures that will consume vegetation, detritus, crustaceans, insects, invertebrates, plankton, and small fish.
The Rio Grande sucker (Catostomus plebeius) is a North American freshwater fish in the family Catostomidae. It has a typical bottom-feeding phenotype and fills lower trophic levels alongside Rio Grande cutthroat trout and Rio Grande chub species. [3] It is smaller sized in comparison to its other family members, with females being the larger ...
Alamosa, Colorado. Coordinates. 37°28′10″N 105°52′12″W / . 37.4694°N 105.8700°W. / 37.4694; -105.8700. Inaugurated. 2000. The John W. Mumma Native Aquatic Species Restoration Facility is a Colorado Parks and Wildlife cold water fish production facility located near Playa Blanca State Wildlife Area and the Rio Grande in ...
Gila is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, native to the United States and Mexico. Species of Gila are collectively referred to as western chubs. The chiselmouth is a close relative (Simons & Mayden 1997), as are members of the genus Siphateles. Several members of the genus are endangered or extinct due to loss of habitat ...
The speckled chub is native to North America and is mainly found in the United States and Mexico. It is found in the Gulf Slope drainages from the Apalachicola basin to the Rio Grande basin and north to Minnesota. It appears to be restricted to large, flowing river channels, [7] where they are found on the bottom with moderate to swift currents ...
The Rio Grande cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus virginalis virginalis), [2] a member of the family Salmonidae, is found in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado in tributaries of the Rio Grande. [3][4] It is one of 9 subspecies [2] of the Rocky Mountain cutthroat trout [2][5][6][7] native to the western United States, and is the state fish of ...
Category. : Chubs (fish) The term chub refers to numerous fish of the family Cyprinidae in several North American and European genera; they generally belong to the subfamily Leuciscinae. The North American chubs are in this category. For European chubs, see Category:Squalius. The unrelated sea chubs are Perciformes of the family Kyphosidae.