There is no difference between chub and fathead minnow, fathead minnow is the bighead minnow.

Fathead fish is bighead carp, there are a lot of common names, bear fish, chub, black chub, yellow chub, pine fish, big head fish, of which the chub this common name is the most widely circulated, and the bighead carp and bighead carp, and belongs to the four big fish.

Introduction of fathead minnow

Fathead minnow grows very fast, with the weight of a 3-year-old adult reaching 8 to 10 pounds, and in large waters in the wild, the weight can reach about 60 to 80 pounds.

The fathead minnow has a gentle temperament and moves slowly. It lives in the middle and upper layers of the water and has a migratory habit, mainly feeding on aquatic insects such as rotifers, branchiopods and copepods in the water, while phytoplankton in the water such as diatoms and cyanobacteria are also part of its staple food. In the fall and winter, it will also feed on small fish and shrimp in the water to supplement its fat to cope with the winter.

The fathead minnow has two distinctive features that can be clearly seen with the naked eye alone, which is one of the reasons why the fathead minnow was named. One is that the fathead fish's fathead fish has a wide head and a wide mouth, and it is slightly upturned with a low eye level, which is why it is called a fathead fish. The second is that the upper part of the back and side of the body of the fathead minnow is black, with a lot of irregular black spots, which looks as if it has flower spots, so it is called the chub.

The fathead minnow likes high temperature, so the hotter the weather, the more active the fathead minnow is, and the water temperature reaches about 25 degrees, which is the most suitable ambient temperature for the fathead minnow.