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Redspot chub

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Redspot chub
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Nocomis
Species:
N. asper
Binomial name
Nocomis asper
Lachner & R. E. Jenkins, 1971

The redspot chub (Nocomis asper) is a species of freshwater fish found primarily in the Ozark uplands of the Arkansas River drainage in northwestern Arkansas, southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma.[1][2] It can grow to 22 cm (8.7 in) total length.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b NatureServe (2013). "Nocomis asper". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202272A18230447. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202272A18230447.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nocomis asper". FishBase. October 2016 version.