Biology:Thicklip chub

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Thicklip chub
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Cyprinella
Species:
C. labrosa
Binomial name
Cyprinella labrosa
(Cope, 1870)
Synonyms[2]
  • Ceratichthys labrosus Cope, 1870
  • (Cope, 1870) Hybopsis labrosa

The thicklip chub (Cyprinella labrosa) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2] It is endemic to the United States, where it occurs in the Blue Ridge foothill and typical Piedmont sections of the Pee Dee and Santee drainages in North Carolina and South Carolina.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5793792 entry