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Redspot chub
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Nocomis
Species:	N. asper
Binomial name
Nocomis asper Lachner & R. E. Jenkins, 1971

The redspot chub (Nocomis asper) is a species of freshwater fish found primarily in the Ozark uplands of the Arkansas River drainage in northwestern Arkansas, southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma. It can grow to 22 cm (8.7 in) total length.

References

1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Nocomis asper". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202272A18230447. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202272A18230447.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nocomis asper". FishBase. October 2016 version.

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