Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae Minnows
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Macrhybopsis

(See list of species below)


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12 species (see list below)
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Photo by Shattuck, Z.R.

North America
Max. Length 12.7 cm TL
Macrhybopsis aestivalis (Girard, 1856)

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Macrhybopsis aestivalis
[Speckled chub]

Photo by Shattuck, Z.R.

North America
Max. Length 7 cm TL
Macrhybopsis australis (Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929)

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Macrhybopsis australis
[Prairie chub]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.7 cm SL
 
Macrhybopsis boschungi
[Mobile chub]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.2 cm SL
 
Macrhybopsis etnieri
[Coosa chub]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.4 cm TL
 
Macrhybopsis gelida
[Sturgeon chub]

Photo by Lyons, J.

North America
Max. Length 7.6 cm TL
Macrhybopsis hyostoma (Gilbert, 1884)

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Macrhybopsis hyostoma
[Shoal chub]

Photo by Perkin, J.S./Z.R.S. Shattuck

North America
Max. Length 7.3 cm TL
Macrhybopsis marconis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1886)

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Macrhybopsis marconis
[Burrhead chub]

Photo by Sandra J. Raredon / Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Div. of Fishes

North America
Max. Length 11 cm TL
Macrhybopsis meeki (Jordan & Evermann, 1896)

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Macrhybopsis meeki
[Sicklefin chub]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.2 cm SL
 
Macrhybopsis pallida
[Pallid chub]

Photo by Thomas, C.

North America
Max. Length 23 cm TL
Macrhybopsis storeriana (Kirtland, 1845)

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Macrhybopsis storeriana
[Silver chub]

Photo by Shattuck, Z.R.

North America
Max. Length 7.7 cm TL
Macrhybopsis tetranema (Gilbert, 1886)

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Macrhybopsis tetranema
[Peppered chub]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.1 cm SL
 
Macrhybopsis tomellerii
[Gulf chub]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Macrhybopsis aestivalis Speckled chub North America 12.7 TL 1856
Macrhybopsis australis Prairie chub North America 7 TL 1929
Macrhybopsis boschungi Mobile chub North America 5.7 SL 2017
Macrhybopsis etnieri Coosa chub North America 5.2 SL 2017
Macrhybopsis gelida Sturgeon chub North America 8.4 TL 1856
Macrhybopsis hyostoma Shoal chub North America 7.6 TL 1884
Macrhybopsis marconis Burrhead chub North America 7.3 TL 1886
Macrhybopsis meeki Sicklefin chub North America 11 TL 1896
Macrhybopsis pallida Pallid chub North America 5.2 SL 2017
Macrhybopsis storeriana Silver chub North America 23 TL 1845
Macrhybopsis tetranema Peppered chub North America 7.7 TL 1886
Macrhybopsis tomellerii Gulf chub North America 5.1 SL 2017



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