Description

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Common Names

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Jeleček pensylvánský , Czech , Czechia

Bigeye chub , English , USA

Suursilm-mügarnina , Estonian , Estonia

大眼鮈鱥 , Mandarin Chinese , China

鈍目美洲鱥 , Mandarin Chinese , China

钝目美洲鱥 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Leuciscidae

Genus: Hybopsis

Species: Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820)

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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Biology

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Inhabits sandy or silty sand substrates in areas of little or moderate current in larger creeks and small to medium rivers. Feeds on midge larvae, large mayfly and stonely nymphs (Stenonema, Ephemera, Isoperla) (Ref. 10294).

Habitat

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benthopelagic