Least chub
📖 Overview
Adults inhabit marshes, ponds, vegetated areas of streams and lakes, usually over mud . Migratory behaviour is undetermined .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Anal soft rays: 8. Iotichthys phlegethontis can be distinguished by the following characters: no lateral line (rarely 1-2 pores at front); large scales (34-38 lateral); dorsal-fin origin behind pelvic-fin origin; slender peduncle; 8 anal-fin rays; pharyngeal teeth 2,5-4,2; large eye; short rounded snout; fairly deep, compressed body; color consists of olive above, black specks on back and side, gold stripe along blue side, white to yellow fins; and red-gold lower side, gold eye and anal fins in breeding males .
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Least chub is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Temperate; 10°C - 26°C ; 42°N - 41°N North America: Bonneville basin in northern Utah, USA.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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