Iowa Fish Atlas

Native: Yes

State Rank: SX 

ITIS Code: 163535         

National Rank: N5           

Global Rank: G5

Modeled By: Anna Loan-Wilsey

State Range:

The lake chub has been collected and verified only once in Iowa, from Twin Springs Creek northwest of Dubuque.  Since this occurrence in northeastern Iowa is far south of the lake chub’s continental range, its presence in Iowa waters appears to be an example of a glacial relic species (Harlan et al. 1987).  The lake chub is presumed to be extirpated from the state.

Habitat Affinities:

The lake chub, although it tolerates a wide variety of habitats, prefers cool streams and lakes with bottoms of sand (Backlund 1996; Becker 1983; Gilbert and Williams 2002).  In Wisconsin, it is found in the shore waters of Lakes Superior and Michigan, commonly about the mouths of tributary streams in shallow depths (Becker 1983).

Predictive Model(s):

Statewide Model: Range Only

The distribution is based upon existing collection records and professional review.

No Prediction

Literature Cited:

Backlund, D.  1996.  The lake chub.  South Dakota Conservation Digest,  Vol.63(3): 18-

19.

Becker, G.C.  1983.  Fishes of Wisconsin.  University of Wisconsin Press, Madison. 1052 pp.

Gilbert, C.R., and J.D. Williams.  2002.  National Audubon Society field guide to fishes:

North America.  Alfred A. Knopf Publishers, New York, New York.  607pp.

Harlan, J.R., E.B. Speaker, and J. Mayhew.  1987.  Iowa fish and fishing. Iowa Conservation Commission, Des Moines, Iowa. 323pp.

Data Sources:

*Museum of Natural History.  2002.  Online fish catalog.  Tulane University, Belle

Chasse, Louisiana. http://www.museum.tulane.edu/. (June 2002)

*This data source used for verification of species in Iowa but location of sampling site no longer exist thus could not be used as a GIS data source

Additional References:

Cooper, E.L.  1983.  Fishes of Pennsylvania and the northeastern United States.  Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pennsylvania. 243 pp.

Eddy, S., and J.C. Underhill.  1974.  Northern fishes; with special reference to the upper Mississippi Valley.  University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  414 pp.

Lee, D. S., C. R. Gilbert, C. H. Hocutt, R. E. Jenkins, D. E. McAllister, and J. R. Stauffer, Jr.  1980.  Atlas of North American freshwater fishes.  North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, North Carolina.  867 pp.

Page, L.M., and B.M. Burr.  1991.  A field guide to freshwater fishes: North America north of Mexico.  Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts. 432 pp.

Phillips, G.L., W.D. Schmid, and J.C. Underhill.  1982.  Fishes of the Minnesota region.  University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  248 pp.

Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea, and W.B. Scott.  1991.  Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada.  American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 20, Bethesda, Maryland. 183 pp.

Roosa, D.M. 1977.  Endangered and threatened fish of Iowa.  Special Report No. 1, Iowa State Preserves Advisory Board, Des Moines. 25 pp. + append.

Scott, W.B., and E. J. Crossman.  1973.  Freshwater fishes of Canada.  Fisheries Research Board of Canada Bulletin No. 184, Ottawa, Canada.  966 pp.

Smith, C.L.  1985.  The inland fishes of New York state.  New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, New York.  522 pp.

Smith, P.W.  1979.  The fishes of Illinois.  University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois.  314 pp.

Trautman, M.B.  1981.  The fishes of Ohio.  Revised Edition.  Ohio State University Press in collaboration with the Ohio Sea Grant Program Center for Lake Erie Area Research,  Columbus, Ohio.  782 pp.

Wells, A.W.  1981.  Possible occurrence of hybridization between Couesius plumbeus

and Semotilus margarita.  Copeia 1981(2): 487-489.

Whittier, T.R., D.B. Halliwell, and S.G. Paulsen.  1997.  Cyprinid distributions in

Northeast U.S.A. lakes: evidence of regional- scale minnow biodiversity losses.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54(7): 1593-1607.

Photo Credits:

Upper Left:       Photo courtesy of Konrad P. Schmidt, copyright Konrad P. Schmidt.

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