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Erimystax

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Erimystax
Slender chub (Erimystax cahni)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Erimystax
Jordan, 1882
Type species
Luxilus dissimilis
Kirtland, 1840

Erimystax is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. Members are commonly known as slender chubs, though "slender chub" is also used for individual species local to some area, particularly Erimystax cahni.

Species

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References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Erimystax". FishBase. August 2011 version.