Virgin chub
📖 Overview
Adults inhabit pools and undercut banks of headwaters, creeks and small rivers. Migratory behaviour is undetermined .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Lateral line usually with more than 88 scales; and scales deeply embedded or absent on back, breast and belly .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Virgin chub is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical North America: Virgin River system (Colorado River drainage) in Utah, Nevada and Arizona; Muddy River system (Moapa) in Nevada, U.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🦠 Common Diseases
The following diseases are known to affect Virgin chub.
🔍 Similar Species
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