Shoal Chub
Macrhybopsis hyostoma
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The shoal chub is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces 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 (shoals) of small to large rivers.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Leuciscidae
- Genus
- Macrhybopsis