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Bony fish

River Chub

Nocomis micropogon

Also known as: Hornyhead

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2013
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@deserteagle7007 · I was in Hidenite,NC, United States · March 20171 / 2
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Overview

Found in flowing pools and rocky runs of small to medium rivers.
Widespread North America

Cyprinids are stomachless fish with toothless jaws.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
black stripes

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Habitat & where to find it

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Found in flowing pools and rocky runs of small to medium rivers.

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  • jake· 1 Dec 2014

    Aw man, this coral ID is not even close - it's not turbinaria bifrons, it's not turbinaria, it's not even a hexacoral! This is an octocoral, a very common one called blue ridge coral, heliopora coerulea.

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Taxonomy

  1. familyLeuciscidae
  2. genusNocomis
  3. speciesNocomis micropogon (Cope, 1865)

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