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Lake chub
| Lake chub | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Plagopterinae |
| Genus: | Couesius D. S. Jordan, 1878 |
| Species: | C. plumbeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Couesius plumbeus (Agassiz, 1850)
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The lake chub (Couesius plumbeus) is a freshwater cyprinid fish found in Canada and in parts of the United States. Of all North American minnows, it is the one with the northernmost distribution. Its genus, Couesius is considered monotypic today. The genus was named after Elliott Coues, who collected the holotype specimen.
- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Couesius plumbeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202072A15362291. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202072A15362291.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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