Hornyhead Chub
Nocomis biguttatus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,059
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The hornyhead chub (Nocomis biguttatus) is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It mainly inhabits small rivers and streams of the northern central USA, up into Canada. The adults inhabit faster, rocky pools of rivers.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Hornyhead chub”.