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Erimystax is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. 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
Type species
Luxilus dissimilis Kirtland, 1840

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)

References

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Erimystax in FishBase. August 2011 version.

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