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Couesius plumbeus (Agassiz, 1850)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Agassiz, Jean L. R. 1850. Lake Superior: its physical character, vegetation, and animals, compared with those of other similar regions. By Louis Agassiz. With a narrative of the tour, by J. Elliott Cabot. And contributions by other scientific gentlemen. , Boston.: i-x, 9-428, frontispiece + Pl. 1-8.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Cypriniformes
family
Cyprinidae
genus
Couesius
species
Couesius plumbeus

Name

Synonyms
Ceratichthys prosthemius Cope, 1867
Couesius adustus Woolman, 1894
Couesius greeni Jordan, 1893
Couesius plumbeus greeni Ahl, 1926
Couesius plumbeus plumbeus
Couesius plumbeus rubrilateralis Cox, 1901
Couesius prosthemius (Cope, 1867)
Gobio plumbeus Agassiz, 1850
Hybopsis plumbea (Agassiz, 1850)
Hybopsis plumbea dissimilis (Girard, 1856)
Hybopsis plumbea greeni (Jordan, 1893)
Leucosomus dissimilis Girard, 1856
Nocomis milneri Jordan, 1877
Homonyms
Couesius plumbeus (Agassiz, 1850)
Common names
Bottlefish in English
Chub Minnow in English
Creek Chub in English
Lake Chub in English
Lake Chub in English
Lake Northern Chub in English
Moose Lake Minnow in English
Mulet de Lac in French
Northern Chub in English
Plumbeus Minnow in English
Sø-døbel in Danish
lake chub in English
lake chub in English
méné de lac in French
méné de lac in French
méné de lac in French
střevle aljašská in Czech
Озёрный цезиус in Russian
Lake Chub in English
lake chub in English
méné de lac in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  5. Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds, 2013: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34. ix + 384.
  6. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  7. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
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