United States (contiguous states) country information
Common names:
Lake chub, Lake chub
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:
Found throughout most of extreme northern USA; south to Delaware River in New York, Lake Chigan in Illinois, and Platte River system in Wyoming. Relict populations in the upper Missouri River drainage in South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming, and Twin Spings Creek (Mississippi River tributary) in Iowa (Ref. 86798). Also Ref. 1998, 5723.
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:
Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Plagopterinae
Etymology: Couesius:From the American ornithologist Eliot Coues of the US Army Medical Coprs (Ref. 45335). More on author: Agassiz.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
