Silver chub

The Silver chub lives in the demersal, freshwater environment.

* Comments: The silver chub is a 2005 addition to the Kansas endangered list. It More

The silver chub is a silvery minnow with large eyes. It has a small inferior (upper jaw overhangs lower jaw) mouth that is nearly horizontal. A small barbel is located at the back of the upper jaw. More

Characteristics: The silver chub is a slender species with large eyes; its eye diameter is about equal to its snout length. The rounded snout is blunt and projects well beyond the upper lip. More

Silver Chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana) = silver chub The silver chub lives in large, sandy rivers. The silver chub find food by both sight and smell. They feed on insects, invertebrates and small mollusks. More

The silver chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana Kirtland), was listed as Hybopsis storerianus by Woolman (1896) who reported it from the Red, Otter Tail and Red Lake rivers (Fig. A23). More

SILVER CHUB (Macrhybopsis storeriana) = KANSAS: Endangered FEDERAL: N/A Silver Chub Photo By David Ostendorf SPECIES DESCRIPTION This member of the minnow family can reach 6 inches More

A life history of the silver chub, Hybopsis storeriana (Kirtland), in western Lake Erie with notes on associated species. Diss. Abstr. 20(6): 19878-1980. vol 35. Part II. 30759. Kirtland, J.P. 1844. Descriptions of Acipenser rubicundus, A. platyrhyncus, and Rutilus storerianus. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. More

Macrhybopsis storeriana (Kirtland), the silver chub, was listed as Hybopsis storerianus by Woolman (1896), who collected it from the Red, Otter Tail, and Red Lake Rivers (Figure A23). Hankinson (1928) listed the species as Erinemus storerianus, taking it from the Red and Pembina Rivers. More

Silver chub-Macrhybopsis storeriana - Native: Yes State Rank: SNR ITIS Code: 163870 National Rank: N5 More

The silver chub is a slender, bright silver minnow with a fairly compressed body. Its barbell is in the corner of its subterminal mouth. It has a large eye on the upper half of its head and a short, rounded snout. More

Silver Chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana) More

Features: The Silver Chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana) is a large minnow which can grow to 23 cm long. It is silver-coloured and has large scales. At the corners of its mouth there are tiny, fleshy "whiskers" or barbels. More

The silver chub is a slender, bright silver minnow with a fairly compressed body. Its barbell is in the corner of its subterminal mouth. It has a large eye on the upper half of its head and a short, rounded snout. More

Common names

Silver chub in English
Třpytivka stříbřitá in Czech (česky)
斯托大鮈鱥 in Chinese (中文)
斯托大鮈鱥 in Mandarin Chinese

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