Blotched chub

Blotched chub
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Erimystax
Species:
E. insignis
Binomial name
Erimystax insignis
(C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956)
Synonyms
  • Hybopsis insignis Hubbs & Crowe, 1956

The blotched chub (Erimystax insignis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This fish species in native to the Southeastern region of the United States.