The shoal chub (Macrhybopsis hyostoma) is a freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps 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.[2]
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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. hyostoma
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| Binomial name | |
| Macrhybopsis hyostoma (Gilbert, 1884)
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Nocomis hyostomus | |
In their breeding condition, males develop horny nuptial tubercles on the pectoral fins, and both sexes produce a sandpaper-like texture which is present across the surface of the head and much of the body.[3]
References
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- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Macrhybopsis hyostoma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202151A18229392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202151A18229392.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Macrhybopsis hyostoma". FishBase. November 2017 version.
- ^ Amanda K. Pinion; Kevin W. Conway (July 2019). "Tuberculation of Macrhybopsis hyostoma (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)" (PDF). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters. 29 (1): 45–55. doi:10.23788/IEF-1095. ISSN 0936-9902.