Erimystax

Erimystax
	Slender chub (Erimystax cahni)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Pogonichthyinae
Genus:	Erimystax; Jordan, 1882
Type species
	Luxilus dissimilis; Kirtland, 1840

Erimystax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish elonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.^[1] Members are commonly known as slender chubs, though "slender chub" is also used for individual species local to some area, particularly Erimystax cahni.

Species

Erimystax cahni (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (slender chub)
Erimystax dissimilis (Kirtland, 1840) (streamline chub)
Erimystax harryi (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (Ozark chub)
Erimystax insignis (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (blotched chub)
Erimystax x-punctatus (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (gravel chub)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pogonichthyinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 March 2025.

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Erimystax". FishBase. August 2011 version.

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[Cof_family-1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pogonichthyinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 March 2025.

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