Semotilus atromaculatus Male
picture by
Seelig, C.
United States (contiguous states) country information
Common names:
Chub, Creek chub, Horned dace
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
Abundance:
common (usually seen)
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Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Occurs mostly in east USA in Atlantic, Great Lakes, Mississippi, and Gulf basins as far west as Wyoming, and Brazos River in Texas, but absent from Florida and south Georgia; isolated population in the upper Pecos, New Mexico. Introduced elsewhere (Ref. 86798). Transplanted in Colorado River drainage in Texas (Ref. 5723). Type locality: Wallkill River, New York (Ref. 79012). Also Ref. 10294.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority:
http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
National Database:
