Silver chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana)

Scientific name: Macrhybopsis storeriana Kirtland, 1845

Silver chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana)

The Silver chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana) is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.

Biology

Adults inhabit sand-bottomed, silt-, and sometimes gravel-bottomed pools and backwaters of small to large rivers, also occurs in lakes. Oviparous, open substratum spawners.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Macrhybopsis storeriana
Family
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)
Order
Cypriniformes (Carps)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
23.0
Environment
Freshwater; demersal
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
North America: Lake Erie drainage; Assiniboine River in Manitoba, Canada; Red River drainage in Manitoba south to Minnesota, USA; Mississippi River basin; Gulf Coast drainages from Mobile Bay basin in Alabama to Lake Pontchartrain drainages in Louisiana, USA; in Brazos River drainage in Texas, USA.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=2; tmax=4)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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