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title: "Creek Chub"
description: "Semotilus atromaculatus — Ryby. Semotilus atromaculatus, the creek chub or the common creek chub, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/creek-chub
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Creek Chub

> Semotilus atromaculatus — Ryby. Semotilus atromaculatus,  the creek chub or the  common creek chub, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae.

- Scientific name: *Semotilus atromaculatus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 15735
- Wikidata: [Q3133554](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3133554)
- iNaturalist taxon: [58662](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58662)

## Names

- en: Creek Chub
- de: Bachzwergdöbel
- es: Cachorro de arroyo común
- fr: Mulet à cornes

## Countries with the most observations

US (11027), CA (3190)

## Summary

Semotilus atromaculatus,  the creek chub or the  common creek chub, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae. This species is found in the eastern US and Canada. Differing in size and color depending on origin of development, the creek chub can usually be defined by a dark brown body with a black lateral line spanning horizontally across the body. It lives primarily within streams and rivers. Creek chubs attain lengths of 2–6 inches (5.1–15.2 cm) with larger specimens of up to 12 inches (30 cm) long.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Christine Braaten · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/243720993

## Machine access

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