Redspot chub (Nocomis asper)

Image source: Caleb Wardlaw | inaturalist.org
General data
- Main name: Redspot chub
- Climates: Temperate
- Habitat: Freshwater
- Native: North America
- Distribution: Mississippi River
Classification
- Genus: Nocomis - North American chubs
- Family: Leuciscidae - Chub family
- Order: Cypriniformes - Carps
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
The redspot chub (Nocomis asper) is a species of freshwater fish found primarily in the Ozark uplands of the Arkansas River drainage in northwestern Arkansas, southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma. It can grow to 22 cm (8.7 in) total length.