Prairie chub
| Prairie chub | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Macrhybopsis |
| Species: | M. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrhybopsis australis (C. L. Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929) | |
The prairie chub (Macrhybopsis australis) is a freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It occurs in the upper Red River drainage in Oklahoma and Texas. Its preferred habitat is sand and gravel runs of creeks and small to large rivers.[2]
References
- ↑ NatureServe. 2013. Macrhybopsis australis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T202150A19035196. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202150A19035196.en. Downloaded on 30 November 2017.
- ↑ Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Prairie chub Macrhybopsis australis Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929". Fishbase. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
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