Biology:Prairie chub
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Short description: Species of fish
| Prairie chub | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Macrhybopsis |
| Species: | M. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Macrhybopsis australis (C. L. Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929)
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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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T202150A19035196. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202150A19035196.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202150/19035196. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds (2017). "Prairie chub Macrhybopsis australis Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929". Fishbase. http://www.fishbase.se/summary/Macrhybopsis-australis.html. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
Wikidata ☰ Q980639 entry
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