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title: "Stachelkopf-Saugdöbel"
description: "Nocomis biguttatus — Fische. The hornyhead chub (Nocomis biguttatus) is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/hornyhead-chub
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Stachelkopf-Saugdöbel

> Nocomis biguttatus — Fische. The hornyhead chub (Nocomis biguttatus) is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.

- Scientific name: *Nocomis biguttatus*
- Category: `fish` (Fische)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (See & Fluss)
- iNaturalist observations: 1777
- Wikidata: [Q3768670](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3768670)
- iNaturalist taxon: [107069](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/107069)

## Names

- en: Hornyhead Chub
- de: Stachelkopf-Saugdöbel

## Countries with the most observations

US (1046), CA (584)

## Summary

The hornyhead chub (Nocomis biguttatus) is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It mainly inhabits small rivers and streams of the northern central USA, up into Canada. The adults inhabit faster, rocky pools of rivers.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornyhead_chub

## Photo

![Stachelkopf-Saugdöbel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hornyhead-chub/medium.jpg)

Photo: Reuven Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17363634

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hornyhead-chub?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).