Erimystax

Erimystax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish elonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.^[1] Members are commonly known as slender chubs, though "slender chub" is also used for individual species local to some area, particularly Erimystax cahni.

Erimystax
Slender chub (Erimystax cahni)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Pogonichthyinae
Genus:	Erimystax Jordan, 1882[1]
Type species
Luxilus dissimilis Kirtland, 1840[1]

Species

• Erimystax cahni (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (slender chub)
• Erimystax dissimilis (Kirtland, 1840) (streamline chub)
• Erimystax harryi (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (Ozark chub)
• Erimystax insignis (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (blotched chub)
• Erimystax x-punctatus (C. L. Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) (gravel chub)