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[Michael Wolfe]

Do bluehead chubs have barbels? When I moved mine to their new tank, I noticed small barbels on the corners of their mouths.

Yes, from the Fishes of the Middle Savannah River Basin... "Mouth large, slightle subterminal, and slightly oblique. erminal maxillary barbels short and rather flat, heavily ornamented with taste buds. Barbels relatively small, especially compared with those of the roseyface chub."

[Michael Wolfe]

Thanks. Just wanted to make sure I had a bluehead.

I think what you said about them being more brave with smaller minnows is right. I have a pair of yellowfins in the tank with it and it will come straight to the top and eat like a starving hog. Before it was with the yellowfins it was pretty shy.

Yeah, my experiment with worked... since adding a school of yellowfins (10 individuals) I have seen much more of my bluehead and much more of my logperch as well... they both see more comfortable with a bunch of crazy Notropis dashing about overhead.