Sandhills chub

Sandhills chub
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Semotilus
Species: S. lumbee
Binomial name
Semotilus lumbee
Snelson & Suttkus, 1978

The Sandhills chub (Semotilus lumbee) is a North American species of freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is found only in the states of North Carolina and South Carolina, in the Carolina Sandhills area. The range encompasses parts of the Pee Dee, Yadkin and Cape Fear River drainages.

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