Hornyhead Chub Missouri Department of Conservation

The hornyhead chub is a moderately large, slender, cylindrical minnow with a rather large, nearly horizontal mouth. A small, conical barbel is present at the corner of the mouth. The back and upper sides are olive brown with large, dark-edged scales, giving a crosshatched effect. The lower sides and belly are yellowish white. Males commonly have tubercles (bony projections) on top of the head and a prominent red spot behind the eye. Similar species: The redspot chub is very similar in appearance and ecology, but it has a more limited and separate distribution, occurring in our state only in the Ozark portions of the Spring and Elk stream systems of southwestern Missouri.

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