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]

Shoal chub
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Macrhybopsis
Species:
M. hyostoma
Binomial name
Macrhybopsis hyostoma
(Gilbert, 1884)

References

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Macrhybopsis hyostoma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202151A18229392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202151A18229392.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Shoal chub Macrhybopsis hyostoma Gilbert, 1884". Fishbase. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
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