Bluehead chub

The Bluehead chub lives in the demersal, freshwater environment.

Characteristics: The bluehead chub is a stout, short, relatively deep-bodied species. Fewer head tubercles on males—typically no more than 25 (Lachner and Jenkins, 1971)—distinguish this from other Nocomis species. More

Bluehead Chub (Nocomis leptocephalus) = bluehead chub The bluehead chub has a stocky body and a very large head covered with tubercles. They have olive to brown sides often with dorsal and caudal fins orangish. More

Bluehead - Stouter than the river chub, the bluehead chub is a stout, short, relatively deep-bodied species with fewer head tubercles on males—typically no more than 25, and breeding males develop prominently swelled heads (a condition known as nuptial crests), which are typically blue on the sides. More

BLUEHEAD CHUBS AND YELLOWFIN SHINERS HELP EACH OTHER by Whit Gibbons September 14, 2008 Many species have symbiotic relationships. More

Article: Spawning behaviors in the bluehead chub, Nocomis leptocephalus, river chub, N. More

Bluehead chub (Nocomis leptocephalus) nests used by yellowfin shiners (Notropis lutipinnis). Copeia 1989:1077-1080. To request reprint. More

Common names

bluehead chub in English
Nocomis drobnohlavý in Czech (česky)
Nokomis modrohlavý in Czech (česky)
小头美鱥 in Mandarin Chinese
小頭美鱥 in Mandarin Chinese

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