Flathead chub
| Flathead chub | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Platygobio T. N. Gill, 1863 |
| Species: | P. gracilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Platygobio gracilis (J. Richardson, 1836) | |
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The flathead chub (Platygobio gracilis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Platygobio. It is native to North America, where it is distributed throughout central Canada and the central United States.