Macrhybopsis storeriana (Kirtland, 1845)
Silver chub
Macrhybopsis storeriana
photo by Thomas, C.

 Family:  Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Leuciscinae
 Max. size:  23 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 4 years
 Environment:  demersal
 Distribution:  North America: Lake Erie drainage; Red River drainage from Manitoba, Canada south to Minnesota, USA; Mississippi River basin in Pennsylvania and West Virginia west to Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma, and south to Gulf Coast; Gulf drainages from Mobile Bay drainage in Alabama to Lake Pontchartrain drainages in Louisiana, USA; isolated population in Brazos River in Texas, USA.
 Diagnosis:   
 Biology:  Inhabits sand-, silt-, and sometimes gravel-bottomed pools and backwaters of small to large rivers as well as lakes (Ref. 86798). Oviparous, open substratum spawners (Ref. 205, 10294, 52559).
 IUCN Red List Status:   (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
 Country info:   
 

 Entered by: Froese, Rainer - 01.05.91
 Modified by: Torres, Armi G. - 16.07.16
 Checked by: Torres, Armi G. - 14.05.94

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