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Platygobio gracilis (Saskatchewan dace; Flathead chub)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Platygobio gracilis is a species of fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Platygobio. It is known by the common name flathead chub. It is native to North America, where it is distributed throughout central Canada and the central United States.
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  13 inches (32 cm)
Brood Dispersal [1]  In the open
Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Lithophils (gravel-sand)
Brood Guarder [1]  No
Litter Size [1]  900
Maximum Longevity [1]  6 years
Diet [2]  Omnivore
Female Maturity [1]  1 year 6 months

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area V 36286 Montana, Wyoming, United States
Grasslands National Park II 128635 Saskatchewan, Canada
Jasper National Park II 2776809 Alberta, Canada
Waterton Biosphere Reserve II 121459 Alberta, Canada
Wood Buffalo National Park II 11038545 Alberta, Canada

Predators

Sander canadensis (Sauger)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pomphorhynchus bulbocolli[4]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

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
♦ 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
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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