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Name: |
Creek Chub |
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Other Common
Names: |
Horned dace, blackspot chub, brook chub, northern creek chub, silvery chub, common chub, tommycod, mud chub |
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Scientific Name |
Semotilus atromaculatus |
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Length: |
Average length about 4 inches |
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Identification: |
Olive to purplish back fading to a silvery-white on belly; lateral stripe from tip of snout to base of tail fin; stout body with broad, blunt head; small, flap-like barbel in groove in middle of upper jaw; very large mouth; wedge-shaped spot at base of tail and black spot in first 3 rays of dorsal fin |
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Photo & text
courtesy of: |
Iowa Department of Natural Resources Iowa Fish and Fishing by James R. Harlan and Everett B. Speaker with James Mayhew; color illustrations by Maynard F. Reece Fishes of Wisconsin by George C. Becker Konrad Schmidt - James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History |