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Spotfin chub

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Spotfin chub (Cyprinella monacha) is a ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae that is endemic to the Tennessee River watershed. [1]

36 relations: Actinopterygii, Alabama, Benthic zone, Black fly, Buffalo River (Tennessee), Caddisfly, Cyprinella, Cyprinidae, Edward Drinker Cope, Emory River, Endangered Species Act of 1973, Environmental Biology of Fishes, Eurytherm, Georgia (U.S. state), Holston River, Human cannibalism, Human impact on the environment, Insectivore, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Invasive species, IUCN Red List, Little Tennessee River, Luxilus, Midge, Milt, North Carolina, Photoperiodism, Riparian zone, Sedimentation, Spawn (biology), Substrate (biology), Tennessee, Tennessee River, Virginia, Warpaint shiner, Whitetail shiner.

Actinopterygii

Actinopterygii, or the ray-finned fishes, constitute a class or subclass of the bony fishes.

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Alabama

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Benthic zone

The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean or a lake, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers.

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Black fly

A black fly (sometimes called a buffalo gnat, turkey gnat, or white socks) is any member of the family Simuliidae of the Culicomorpha infraorder.

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Buffalo River (Tennessee)

The Buffalo River is the longest unimpounded river in Middle Tennessee in the United States, flowing U.S. Geological Survey.

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Caddisfly

The caddisflies, or order Trichoptera, are a group of insects with aquatic larvae and terrestrial adults.

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Cyprinella

Cyprinella is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows.

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Cyprinidae

The Cyprinidae are the family of freshwater fishes, collectively called cyprinids, that includes the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives (for example, the barbs and barbels).

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Edward Drinker Cope

Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist.

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Emory River

The Emory River is a river draining a portion of Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau.

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Endangered Species Act of 1973

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) is one of the few dozens of US environmental laws passed in the 1970s, and serves as the enacting legislation to carry out the provisions outlined in The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

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Environmental Biology of Fishes

Environmental Biology of Fishes is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on all aspects of fish and fish-related biology, and the links to their environment.

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Eurytherm

A eurytherm is an organism, often an endotherm, that can function at a wide range of ambient temperatures.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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Holston River

The Holston River is a river that flows from Kingsport, Tennessee, to Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Human cannibalism

Human cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings.

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Human impact on the environment

Human impact on the environment or anthropogenic impact on the environment includes changes to biophysical environments and ecosystems, biodiversity, and natural resources caused directly or indirectly by humans, including global warming, environmental degradation (such as ocean acidification), mass extinction and biodiversity loss, ecological crises, and ecological collapse.

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Insectivore

robber fly eating a hoverfly An insectivore is a carnivorous plant or animal that eats insects.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Invasive species

An invasive species is a species that is not native to a specific location (an introduced species), and that has a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage to the environment, human economy or human health.

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IUCN Red List

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1964, has evolved to become the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.

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Little Tennessee River

The Little Tennessee River is a tributary of the Tennessee River that flows through the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, in the southeastern United States.

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Luxilus

Luxilus is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America.

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Midge

Midges are a group of insects that include many kinds of small flies.

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Milt

Milt is the seminal fluid of fish, mollusks, and certain other water-dwelling animals who reproduce by spraying this fluid which contains the sperm, onto roe (fish eggs).

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Photoperiodism

Photoperiodism is the physiological reaction of organisms to the length of day or night.

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Riparian zone

A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream.

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Sedimentation

Sedimentation is the tendency for particles in suspension to settle out of the fluid in which they are entrained and come to rest against a barrier.

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Spawn (biology)

Spawn is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals.

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Substrate (biology)

In biology, a substrate is the surface on which an organism (such as a plant, fungus, or animal) lives.

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Tennessee

Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Tennessee River

The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Warpaint shiner

The warpaint shiner (Luxilus coccogenis) is a species of freshwater fish found in North America.

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Whitetail shiner

The whitetail shiner (Cyprinella galactura) is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.

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Redirects here:

Ceratichthys monachus, Cyprinella monacha, Erimonax, Erimonax monacha, Erimonax monachus, Turquoise Shiner, Turquoise shiner.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotfin_chub

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