Chub

Chub Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology see minnow. More on Chub Minnow - common name for the Cyprinidae, a large family of freshwater fish which includes the carp and of which there are some 300 American species.

Chub This article is related to the fish. For information related to the gay male subculture, see Chubby culture. Or for the game, see ChUB.

Roundtail Chub : (Gila robusta) Description Native to Arizona, the roundtail chub is also considered a sport fish because of its hardy fighting ability and willingness to take many of the same baits and lures used for trout.

The chub is an all-present wanderer. In shoals or individually, it is present from mountain streams to the silty meanders of low-lying streams.

Bull Chub, Nocomis raneyi Physical Description: - Deep, chubby body - Small eye - Pointed snout with small, subterminal mouth - Large tail fin, ...

Lake Chub - Couesius plumbeus Western Silvery Minnow - Hybognathus argyritis Brassy Minnow - Hybognathus hankinsoni Emerald Shiner - Notropis atherinoides River Shiner - Notropis blennius Spottail Shiner - Notropis husdonius ...

Each bird eats more than 4 pounds of food a day[citation needed], mostly fish such as Cypriniformes like Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio), Lahontan Tui Chub (Gila bicolor obesa) and shiners[citation needed], ...

The mackerel species that is found in the Pacific is commonly known as Chub Mackerel, and bears the scientific name Scomber japonicus.

Mackerel Family (Scombridae) Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) Pacific Mackerel (Scomber japonicus) Atlantic Chub Mackerel (Scromber colais) Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus) Albacore (Thunnus albacares) Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) ...

For descriptions of other Cyprinids than the carp, see Goldfish, Barbel, Gudgeon, Rudd, Roach, Chub, Dace, Minnow, Tench, Bream, Bleak, Bitterling, Mahseer.

Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha,is native to the Pacific Ocean and goes by other names such as king salmon, tyee salmon, chub salmon and black salmon.

The anterior and posterior dorsal fins are widely separated, however, on the Frigate Mackerel, and nearly touching on the Little Tunny. Another smaller member of the clan is the Chub Mackerel, also known as Tinker Mackerel, ...

that the replacement otters derive, not from the original species, but from imported species, and is therefore not really a true reintroduction. The environmentalists fret, too, that the otter may prey on endangered species such as the humpback chub ...

See also: Shiner, Minnow, Trout, Dace, Angler