Flame chub (Hemitremia flammea)

Scientific name: Hemitremia flammea Jordan & Gilbert, 1878

Flame chub (Hemitremia flammea)

The Flame chub (Hemitremia flammea) is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.

Biology

Found in springs and spring-fed streams, usually over gravel. Feed on midge larvae supplemented with isopods, oligochaetes, hemipterans, and snails.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Hemitremia flammea
Family
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)
Order
Cypriniformes (Carps)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
7.8
Environment
Freshwater; demersal
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
North America: found in the middle Cumberland (mostly Caney Fork) and Tennessee River drainages in Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, USA; also in Kelley Creek (in the Coosa River system) in northeastern Alabama, USA.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Data deficient (DD)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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