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Semotilus atromaculatus (Horned dace; Creek chub; Chub)

Synonyms: Cyprinus atromaculatus; Leuciscus iris; Leuciscus pulchelloides; Leucosomus incrassatus; Leucosomus pallidus; Semotilus cephalus; Semotilus dorsalis; Semotilus hammondii; Semotilus macrocephalus; Semotilus speciosus
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Wikipedia Abstract

Semotilus atromaculatus, known as the creek chub or the common creek chub, is a small minnow, a freshwater fish found in the eastern US and Canada. Differing in size and color depending on origin of development, the creek chub can usually be defined by a dark brown body with a white laterally line spanning horizontally across the body. It lives primarily within streams and river.
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Attributes

Female Maturity [1]  3 years
Male Maturity [3]  3 years
Adult Length [1]  11 inches (30 cm)
Brood Dispersal [1]  Hidden
Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Lithophils (gravel-sand)
Brood Guarder [1]  No
Diet [2]  Omnivore, Planktivore
Litter Size [1]  50
Maximum Longevity [1]  8 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Algonquin Provincial Park IV 1868802 Ontario, Canada
Antietam National Battlefield III 3263 Maryland, United States
Audubon National Wildlife Refuge IV 14642 North Dakota, United States
Big Thicket Biosphere Reserve National Park II 616880 Texas, United States
Buffalo National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway V 59947 Arkansas, United States
Catoctin Mountain Park National Park II 5994 Maryland, United States
Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 40530 United States  
Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve 9859505 New York, Vermont, United States  
Congaree Swamp National Park II 6095 South Carolina, United States
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research   North Carolina, United States
Devils Tower National Monument V 1361 Wyoming, United States
Fathom Five National Marine Park II   Ontario, Canada
Friendship Hill National Historic Site III 697 Pennsylvania, United States
Gauley River National Recreation Area V 10157 West Virginia, United States
George WA Carver National Monument V 210 Missouri, United States
Gettysburg National Military Park V 3560 Pennsylvania, United States
Great Smoky Mountains National Park II 515454 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge VI 3161 New Jersey, United States
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park VI 715 West Virginia, United States
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site III 861 Pennsylvania, United States
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park V 1926 Alabama, United States
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore II 8272 Indiana, United States
Isle Royale Biosphere Reserve Ib 571799 Michigan, United States
Kejimkujik National Park II 94203 Nova Scotia, Canada
La Mauricie National Park II 131706 Quebec, Canada
Land Between the Lakes Biosphere Reserve V 166264 Kentucky, Tennessee, United States
Little River National Wildlife Refuge   Oklahoma, United States
Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park II 51235 Kentucky, United States
Manassas National Battlefield Park III 5132 Virginia, United States
New Jersey Pinelands Biosphere Reserve   New Jersey, United States  
New River Gorge National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway V 55591 West Virginia, United States
Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve 470167 Ontario, Canada  
North Temperate Lakes LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research   Wisconsin, United States
Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park 20001 Tennessee, United States
Obed Wild and Scenic River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway V 5268 Tennessee, United States
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore II 67888 Michigan, United States
Pipestone National Monument V 326 Minnesota, United States
Prince William Forest Park 19378 District of Columbia, United States
Pukaskwa National Park II 459860 Ontario, Canada
Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve II 762028 Manitoba, Canada
Rock Creek Park   District of Columbia, United States
Saint Croix International Historic Site   Maine, United States
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site III 139 New Hampshire, United States
Shenandoah National Park II 108221 Virginia, United States
South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 20317 South Carolina, United States  
Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve 37548505 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States  
Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve 3821173 Canada  
Valley Forge National Historical Park VI 3509 Pennsylvania, United States
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield V   Missouri, United States

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Aedes albopictus (forest day mosquito)[4]
Ambystoma maculatum (Spotted Salamander)[4]
Aquarius remigis (Common water strider)[4]
Calopteryx maculata (Ebony jewelwing)[4]
Corydalus cornutus (dobsonfly)[4]
Daphnia ambigua (Water flea)[4]
Dolomedes triton (Six-spottedfishingspider)[4]
Etheostoma olmstedi (Tessellated darter)[4]
Euglena gracilis (Euglena)[4]
Gambusia holbrooki (Bore-drain fish)[4]
Hyalella azteca (Scud)[4]
Hypogastrura nivicola (snow flea)[4]
Libellula lydia (Common whitetail)[4]
Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Aquatic worm)[4]
Notemigonus crysoleucas (Golden shiner minnow)[4]
Pseudacris crucifer (Spring Peeper)[4]
Pediastrum boryanum (Green algae)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Agelaius phoeniceus (Red-winged Blackbird)3
Aix sponsa (Wood Duck)3
Ambystoma maculatum (Spotted Salamander)5
Ameiurus melas (Black bullhead)1
Ameiurus natalis (Yellow bullhead)5
Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)3
Anaxyrus americanus americanus (Eastern American Toad)3
Anguilla rostrata (American eel)4
Archilochus colubris (Ruby-throated Hummingbird)1
Archoplites interruptus (Sacramento perch)1
Ardea herodias (Great Blue Heron)3
Aythya affinis (Lesser Scaup)1
Castor canadensis (american beaver)1
Charadrius vociferus (Killdeer)2
Chelydra serpentina (Common Snapping Turtle)4
Cyanocitta cristata (Blue Jay)1
Cyprinus carpio (Common carp)5
Eptesicus fuscus (big brown bat)2
Etheostoma olmstedi (Tessellated darter)6
Gambusia holbrooki (Bore-drain fish)8
Geothlypis trichas (Common Yellowthroat)2
Hypentelium nigricans (Northern hog sucker)7
Ictalurus punctatus (Channel catfish)9
Larus delawarensis (Ring-billed Gull)1
Lithobates catesbeianus (American Bullfrog)9
Lithobates sphenocephalus sphenocephalus (Florida Leopard Frog)7
Megaceryle alcyon (Belted Kingfisher)2
Micropterus salmoides (Northern largemouth bass)8
Nerodia sipedon (Northern Water Snake)1
Notemigonus crysoleucas (Golden shiner minnow)7
Notophthalmus viridescens (Eastern Newt)7
Perca flavescens (Yellow perch)1
Phalacrocorax auritus (Double-crested Cormorant)2
Pomoxis nigromaculatus (Strawberry bass)7
Procyon lotor (Raccoon)1
Pseudacris crucifer (Spring Peeper)3
Strix varia (Barred Owl)2
Turdus migratorius (American Robin)1

Predators

Ameiurus natalis (Yellow bullhead)[4]
Anax junius (green darner)[4]
Ardea herodias (Great Blue Heron)[4]
Chelydra serpentina (Common Snapping Turtle)[4]
Dolomedes triton (Six-spottedfishingspider)[4]
Hypentelium nigricans (Northern hog sucker)[4]
Ictalurus punctatus (Channel catfish)[4]
Larus delawarensis (Ring-billed Gull)[4]
Lithobates catesbeianus (American Bullfrog)[4]
Megaceryle alcyon (Belted Kingfisher)[4]
Mephitis mephitis (Striped Skunk)[4]
Micropterus salmoides (Northern largemouth bass)[4]
Nerodia sipedon (Northern Water Snake)[4]
Notemigonus crysoleucas (Golden shiner minnow)[4]
Phalacrocorax auritus (Double-crested Cormorant)[4]
Pomoxis nigromaculatus (Strawberry bass)[4]
Strix varia (Barred Owl)[4]
Utricularia vulgaris subsp. macrorhiza (greater bladderwort)[4]

Providers

Shelter 
Carex stricta (upright sedge)[4]
Hydrilla verticillata (waterthyme)[4]
Nuphar lutea (yellow cowlily)[4]
Phragmites australis (common reed)[4]
Pontederia cordata (Pickerel Weed)[4]
Potamogeton nodosus (long-leaf pondweed)[4]
Typha latifolia (Reedmace)[4]
Utricularia vulgaris subsp. macrorhiza (greater bladderwort)[4]
Zizania aquatica (annual wildrice)[4]
Pediastrum boryanum (Green algae)[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Acanthocephalus dirus[5]
Allocreadium lobatum[5]
Allopodocotyle chiliticorum <Unverified Name>[5]
Bothriocephalus formosus <Unverified Name>[5]
Cleidodiscus brachus <Unverified Name>[5]
Clinostomum complanatum <Unverified Name>[5]
Clinostomum marginatum[5]
Crassiphiala bulboglossa[5]
Dactylogyrus atromaculatus <Unverified Name>[5]
Dactylogyrus attenuatus <Unverified Name>[5]
Dactylogyrus corporalis <Unverified Name>[5]
Dactylogyrus dubius <Unverified Name>[5]
Dactylogyrus lineatus <Unverified Name>[5]
Dactylogyrus microphallus <Unverified Name>[5]
Dactylogyrus semotilus <Unverified Name>[5]
Diplostomum spathaceum[5]
Echinorhynchus lateralis[5]
Ligula intestinalis[5]
Lissorchis attenuatus <Unverified Name>[5]
Neascus pyriformis <Unverified Name>[5]
Neoechinorhynchus saginatus[5]
Octomacrum microconfibula[5]
Octomacrum semotili <Unverified Name>[5]
Ornithodiplostomum ptychocheilus[5]
Paulisentis fractus[5]
Paulisentis missouriensis[5]
Phyllodistomum semotili <Unverified Name>[5]
Pomphorhynchus bulbocolli[5]
Pomphorhynchus laevis[5]
Posthodiplostomum minimum[5]
Proteocephalus buplanensis <Unverified Name>[5]
Pseudocapillaria tomentosa <Unverified Name>[5]
Rhabdochona canadensis <Unverified Name>[5]
Rhabdochona cascadilla[5]
Rhabdochona rotundicaudatum <Unverified Name>[5]
Sterliadochona ephemeridarum <Unverified Name>[5]
Urocleidus brachus <Unverified Name>[5]
Uvulifer ambloplitis <Unverified Name>[5]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

    Maps
Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Akron Zoological Park
Biodome de Montreal
John G. Shedd Aquarium
National Aquarium in Baltimore Inc
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Toledo Zoological Gardens

Range Map

Link to Map
America, North - Inland waters; Canada; Great Lakes; Mississippi; Missouri; Nearctic; North America: most of eastern USA and southeastern Canada in Atlantic, Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, Mississippi and Gulf basins as far as Manitoba, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas, but absent from southern Georgia and peninsular Florida; upp; North America: most of eastern USA and southeastern Canada in Atlantic, Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, Mississippi and Gulf basins as far as Manitoba, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas, but absent from southern Georgia and peninsular Florida; upper Pecos and Canadian River systems, New Mexico.; USA (contiguous states);

External References

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by , , FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495. ♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org ♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 4Study of Northern Virginia Ecology ♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Range map provided by NatureServe. 2010. Digital Distribution Maps of the Freshwater Fishes in the Conterminous United States. Version 3.0. Arlington, VA. U.S.A.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011