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Nocomis micropogon (River chub)

Synonyms: Ceratichthys micropogon; Hybopsis micropogon
Language: Czech; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

The river chub (Nocomis micropogon) is a minnow in the family Cyprinidae. It is one of the most common fishes in North American streams.
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  13 inches (32 cm)
Brood Dispersal [1]  Hidden
Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Lithophils (rock-gravel)
Brood Guarder [1]  No
Litter Size [1]  1,000
Maximum Longevity [1]  5 years
Diet [2]  Omnivore, Planktivore
Female Maturity [1]  2 years
Male Maturity [3]  2 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Appalachian Piedmont United States Nearctic Temperate Coastal Rivers    

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Citations

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
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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