Erimystax is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. Members are commonly known as slender chubs, though "slender chub" is also used for individual species local to some area, particularly Erimystax cahni.

Erimystax
Slender chub (Erimystax cahni)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Erimystax
Jordan, 1882
Type species
Luxilus dissimilis
Kirtland, 1840

Species

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References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Erimystax". FishBase. August 2011 version.