Fish
Hornyhead Chub
C tier
Hornyhead chub (Nocomis biguttatus) is a small North American stream cyprinid with breeding tubercles on males—not a commercial food fish. Flesh is negligible in portion size; ecological interest exceeds culinary use. Do not target for the table. Catalogued only so chub varieties list native American species distinctly from European Squalius. Anglers usually release them as baitfish or stream indicators.
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Not Eaten
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EcologicalNongameNot CulinaryNot FoodStream SpeciesTinyToo Small
History
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Naturalists described hornyhead chub in Midwest and eastern streams.
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Fisheries biology treated hornyhead chub as a nongame stream species.
Food catalogs list hornyhead chub only for taxonomic completeness.