Biology:Bull chub
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Short description: Species of fish
| Bull chub | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chordata |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Actinopterygii |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Cypriniformes |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Cyprinidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Leuciscinae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Nocomis |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">N. raneyi |
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| Nocomis raneyi Lachner & R. E. Jenkins, 1971
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The bull chub (Nocomis raneyi) is a species of freshwater fish found in the Atlantic drainages of the eastern United States between the James River in Virginia and the Neuse River in North Carolina, predominantly above the Fall Line.[1][2] It can grow to 32 cm (13 in) total length, although more commonly it is about 18 cm (7.1 in).[2] It is a chubby fish with pointed snout, small, subterminal mouth, gold or brown sides, pale or yellowish fins, and in spawning males, rose color on the belly.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 NatureServe (2013). "Nocomis raneyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T202278A18231411. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202278A18231411.en.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Nocomis raneyi" in FishBase. October 2016 version.
- ↑ "Bull Chub, Nocomis raneyi". Virtual Aquarium. Virginia Tech. http://www.web1.cnre.vt.edu/efish/families/bullchub.html. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
Wikidata ☰ Q1102680 entry
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