Lake chub
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For a list of lakes with a similar name, see Chub Lake (disambiguation).
The lake chub (Couesius plumbeus) is a freshwater cyprinid fish found in Canada and in parts of the United States. Of all North American minnows, it is the one with the northernmost distribution. Its genus, Couesius is considered monotypic today. The genus was named after Elliott Coues, who collected the holotype specimen.
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Lake chub | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Leuciscidae |
Subfamily: | Plagopterinae |
Genus: | Couesius D. S. Jordan, 1878 |
Species: | C. plumbeus |
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Couesius plumbeus (Agassiz, 1850) | |
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