Erimystax dissimilis
Summary 2
The common name of Erimystax dissimilis is the streamline chub. It is one of the 324 fish species found in Tennessee.
Distribution 3
Global Range: (200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)) Range includes the Ohio River basin from western New York to northern Indiana, and south to northern Alabama; one record for Lake Erie, Ohio (Page and Burr 2011).
Habitat and ecology 4
Habitat and Ecology
This chub typically occurs in large, medium-gradient, moderately clear streams and rivers with clean gravel bottom; often in shoal areas with moderate flow (Lee et al. 1980); over gravel and rubble in riffles, runs, and flowing pools of clear, small to large rivers (Page and Burr 2011).
Systems
- Freshwater
Iucn red list assessment 5
Red List Category
LC
Least Concern
Red List Criteria
Version
3.1
Year Assessed
2013
Assessor/s
NatureServe
Reviewer/s
Smith, K. & Darwall, W.R.T.
Contributor/s
Justification
Listed as Least Concern in view of the fairly large extent of occurrence, number of subpopulations, and population size, and because the species probably is not declining fast enough to qualify for any of the threatened categories.
Nature serve conservation status 6
Rounded Global Status Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure
Range description 7
Range includes the Ohio River basin from western New York to northern Indiana, and south to northern Alabama; one record for Lake Erie, Ohio (Page and Burr 2011).
Sources and Credits
- (c) Brian Wulker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/bdwulker/15264894187/
- Adapted by rkkessler from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erimystax_dissimilis
- (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28765313
- (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34449609
- (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34449606
- (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28765306
- (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34449607
