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title: "River Chub"
description: "Nocomis micropogon — Vissen. The river chub (Nocomis micropogon) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/river-chub
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# River Chub

> Nocomis micropogon — Vissen. The river chub (Nocomis micropogon) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.

- Scientific name: *Nocomis micropogon*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 2241
- Wikidata: [Q6417895](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6417895)
- iNaturalist taxon: [107072](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/107072)

## Names

- en: River Chub
- de: Flusssaugdöbel

## Countries with the most observations

US (1555), CA (394)

## Summary

The river chub (Nocomis micropogon) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.  It is one of the most common fishes in North American streams.

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

## Photo

![River Chub](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/river-chub/medium.jpg)

Photo: Cody Vue · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/312692145

## Machine access

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