Animalia > Chordata > Cypriniformes > Cyprinidae > Couesius > Couesius plumbeusCouesius plumbeus (Plumbeus minnow; Northern chub; Moose lake minnow; Lake northern chub; Lake chub; Creek chub; Chub minnow; Bottlefish)Synonyms: Ceratichthys prosthemius; Couesius adustus; Couesius greeni; Couesius plumbeus greeni; Couesius plumbeus rubrilateralis; Couesius prosthemius; Gobio plumbeus; Hybopsis plumbea; Hybopsis plumbea greeni; Leucosomus dissimilis; Nocomis milneri Language: Chinese; Czech; Danish; Finnish; French; German; Mandarin Chinese; Shuswap 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. The genus was named after Dr. Elliott Coues, who collected the holotype specimen. |
Adult Length [1] | 9 inches (23 cm) | Brood Dispersal [1] | In the open | Brood Egg Substrate [1] | Phyto-lithophils | Brood Guarder [1] | No | Litter Size [1] | 2,400 | Maximum Longevity [1] | 5 years | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Diet [2] | Carnivore, Planktivore | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Female Maturity [1] | 3 years |
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Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Colorado |
Mexico, United States |
Nearctic |
Xeric Freshwaters and Endorheic Basins |
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Middle Missouri |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Algonquin Provincial Park |
IV |
1868802 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge |
Ib |
12402936 |
Alaska, United States |
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Banff National Park |
II |
1690912 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area |
V |
36286 |
Montana, Wyoming, United States |
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Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve |
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9859505 |
New York, Vermont, United States |
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Fathom Five National Marine Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Grasslands National Park |
II |
128635 |
Saskatchewan, Canada |
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Isle Royale Biosphere Reserve |
Ib |
571799 |
Michigan, United States |
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Jasper National Park |
II |
2776809 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Kluane National Park and Reserve National Park Reserve |
II |
5463436 |
Yukon, Canada |
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Nahanni National Park Reserve |
II |
1309627 |
Northwest Territories, Canada |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
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470167 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Pukaskwa National Park |
II |
459860 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Ukkusiksalik National Park |
II |
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Nunavut, Canada |
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Voyageurs National Park |
II |
177960 |
Minnesota, United States |
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Wapusk National Park |
II |
2614324 |
Manitoba, Canada |
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Waterton Biosphere Reserve |
II |
121459 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Wood Buffalo National Park |
II |
11038545 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve |
Ib |
2476446 |
Alaska, United States |
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Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve |
II |
2196863 |
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495. ♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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