Shoal chub
The shoal chub (Macrhybopsis hyostoma) is a freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It occurs in Mississippi River drainages from eastern Ohio to southern Minnesota and Nebraska south to Louisiana. Its preferred habitat is sand and gravel runs of small to large rivers.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Macrhybopsis |
| Species: | M. hyostoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrhybopsis hyostoma (Gilbert, 1884) | |
References
- NatureServe. 2013. Macrhybopsis hyostoma. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T202151A18229392. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202151A18229392.en. Downloaded on 01 December 2017.
- Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Shoal chub Macrhybopsis hyostoma Gilbert, 1884". Fishbase. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
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